Fabulous, tasty and fragrant apple pie, called “Charlotte”, is very popular all over the world. He is adored by adults and children, and the last charlotte can be given even at the age of 2-3 years. Cooked at home, it is completely safe and does not contain flavors, colors or preservatives.
It takes very little time, so even busy business women and young moms love to cook charlotte. If you do not have time even to wait until charlotte comes in the oven, use the truly unique gadget of the modern hostess - the slow cooker. She will bake the cake and heat it up before your arrival, and all you need to do is to prepare the products and mix all the ingredients.
History of the origin of apple charlotte
There are several legends in the world that describe the birth of this dish. For example, it is believed that the true charlotte is the fruit of the British fantasy, who thus transformed the classic pudding. Charlotte in the English style was prepared using bread and mashed apples with sugar. Moreover, mashed potatoes laid out between two layers of bread. According to the English version, the pie got its name from the word “charlyt”.
But there is another opinion, according to which, the charlotte is a German pie made from bread with the addition of custard, various fruits and a few drops of alcohol (liqueur, brandy or rum).
At the moment, apple pie is called the French word “charlotte”.
Charlotte with apples in a slow cooker - food preparation
To cook your own charlotte in a slow cooker, you will need a very small set of products and some simple manipulations. So, first take: 1. Of course, apples. The sour fruits of Semerenko or Antonovka trees are best suited. They give the maximum amount of juice and a unique flavor.
2. Flour, which is worth sifting through a kitchen sieve, so that the cake turned out lush.
3. Eggs pre-chilled. In some recipes you will need to separate the yolks from the proteins, while others will offer to put a whole egg.
4. Sugar, which is quite allowed to be replaced with honey if you are on a diet or brown sugar (optional).
5. Baking powder or soda with vinegar.
As usual, the classic apple pie is prepared with a set of such ingredients, but experienced housewives always experiment, complementing the recipe, for example:
• raisins, dried apricots or prunes,
• Cherry,
• pears,
• banana,
• Lemon or orange zest,
• Nuts,
• cottage cheese,
• sour cream,
• Kefir,
• And other goodies.
Charlotte with apples in a slow cooker - preparation of dishes
What do you need from kitchen utensils? Everything is very simple here. Not one charlotte in the slow cooker will do:
1. Without the actual multicooker with a bowl having a non-stick coating or made of ceramic,
2. Tanks for mixing dough,
3. Mixer or food processor with kneading function,
4. Tables and teaspoons
5. Measuring cups, which are often sold with a slow cooker,
6. Knives
7. Cutting board.
Let's start preparing your perfect charlotte.
Charlotte with apples in a multicooker: a classic recipe with the addition of cinnamon
If you are a beginner cook and are going to make a charlotte for the first time, pay attention to this recipe. Most housewives adhere to it, because it is this recipe that is most popular in the CIS countries, with rare exceptions, the list of ingredients is changing.
You should prepare:
• Measuring cup of flour (often a 160 ml cup is attached to the multicooker), • Three eggs,
• 5-6 apples
• A couple of cinnamon pinches,
• Measuring cup of sugar,
• baking powder bag,
• Margarine,
• Breadcrumbs.
Apple fruits should be cut into cubes or slices, as you like. Separate the yolks carefully from the proteins, add the yolks, sugar, flour and baking powder to the container. All thoroughly whisk, better with a mixer, in order to avoid the formation of lumps. Next, sprinkle the dough with cinnamon, whip the whites in a tight foam and slowly add to our mix. Do not make any sudden movements, as the sponge cake may fall off during baking and the charlotte will be thin and damp.
The form of the multicooker should be smeared with margarine, and then sprinkled with breadcrumbs so that the cake can easily move away from the walls. Fill our mass with layers: 1 layer - the dough, 2 layer - apples, the final layer - again the dough. Set the shape inside the kitchen gadget and set the “Baking” mode for 40-50 minutes. When the allotted time is over, you need to open the slow cooker and cool the charlotte without removing it from the mold.
Diet sharlotka with apples in a slow cooker with oatmeal and honey
The recipe is created specifically for young ladies who carefully monitor their figure. A low-calorie oatmeal charlotte contains only half a cup of flour, so you can eat it for dessert without fear of getting better.
You can make a pie as follows:
• Fill the porridge with kefir in the following proportion: half a cup of cereal per cup of kefir.
• Leave the mass for 15 minutes so that the oatmeal is swollen.
• Add 3 eggs, 2 teaspoons of honey, a baking powder bag and half a cup of flour to the mix.
• Mix thoroughly until smooth.
Now it is necessary to cut the apples into slices and spread them out at the bottom of the form for the multicooker, pre-lubricated with butter and sprinkled with breadcrumbs. Pour our mixture on top of the apples and immerse in a slow cooker. As usual, we will need the “Baking” mode for 40-50 minutes.
Recipe for delicious curd cake with apples in a slow cooker
Incredible taste and pomp give apple dessert curd mass and caramelized apples. Try to cook this dish yourself at home, and you definitely will not regret it!
In order to create an appetizing cake, you need to take:
• 200 grams of cottage cheese,
• 3 eggs,
• 150 g butter,
• Measuring cup flour,
• 150 g of sugar
• Tablespoon of starch,
• Half a teaspoon of soda (quench with vinegar),
• Vanillin,
• Ripe apples - 1-2 pcs.
First try to caramelize apple slices. To do this, put them in a frying pan, add 50 grams of sugar and add 50 grams of butter. Fry them, without stopping to interfere, to obtain a golden crust. Turn off the hotplate and leave the slices to cool.
Now you should do the dough: you only need to combine the cottage cheese with the yolks, the remaining butter, flour, sugar, starch and soda. Stir the dough well, then whisk the whites in a separate container so that stable peaks are visible. It remains to gently mix the proteins to our mass and add vanillin. Next, in the slow cooker, greased with butter, you need to put the dough, and put apples on top.
We bake our charlotte about 45-50 minutes.
Charlotte with apples in a multicooker in Spanish
Awesome flavor will fill your kitchen if you decide to make apple pie in Spanish. Banal here and it smells, because the unconventional recipe includes not only apples and a lush sponge cake, but also almonds, lemon juice, cinnamon, cocoa and even a little rum.
To create this masterpiece of cooking, you need:
• Apples - 4 pieces,
• Flour - 1,5 volumetric glasses,
• Brown sugar - 1 measuring cup,
• Crushed almonds - 1-2 tbsp. l
• Butter - 150 g,
• Eggs - 4 pcs.
• Cocoa - 1 tbsp. l
• Cinnamon - 1 tsp.
• Rum or confectionary brandy - 5-7 tbsp. l
In addition, you can make a special glaze, which is ideal for our charlotte. To do this, also take: • 100-150 g of powdered sugar,
• Juice half a lemon,
• 1 tbsp. l rum or brandy.
Before preparing the dough, you need to cut the apples, pour them with alcohol and let stand for about 10 minutes. To make the dough, combine whipped butter, sugar and eggs, then add flour, cocoa and cinnamon into the mixture. From this mass should knead the dough. Now grease the form with margarine, sprinkle with breadcrumbs mixed with almond crumb, and put the mixture in a slow cooker. Top you need to put the apples and set the mode “Baking” for 1 hour.
For the glaze, you need to beat the icing sugar with lemon juice and a spoon of brandy. This composition will cover the finished chilled cake. Now it remains to sprinkle with almond flakes of charlotte and enjoy the exquisite taste of dessert.
Charlotte in a slow cooker: an old recipe with cherries
This recipe will take us back in the old days when a delicate cake was prepared based on pudding recipe. Flour is absolutely not needed here, because we are going to bake a magnificent white bread pie with the addition of cherry.
Here is a list of ingredients for our charlotte:
• White bread (can be dried or stale),
• Pitted Cherry Berries,
• A glass of milk,
• Tablespoon butter,
• Half a cup of sugar
• 3 eggs,
• Cinnamon and powdered sugar to taste.
First, cut the crust off the bread, cut it into slices, fold it into a deep pan and fill it with milk. Now you need to heat the mixture on the fire, add oil and stir for 1-2 minutes. Then we add eggs, sugar and cinnamon. Cherry should be pre-poured with sugar, so that it is not too sour in the cake.
According to tradition, it is necessary to spread the bowl of the multicooker with margarine or fat, put 2 layers of dough, and between them - sugar cherries. We bake in standard mode for 30-40 minutes.
Useful tips on baking charlotte in a slow cooker
Sometimes in some models of multicookers there is no “Baking” mode, so many of you ask the question: “What should I do to bake charlotte?” “Milk porridge”. In the first and second cases, the cake will be steamed inside the slow cooker and will turn out to be fluffy, but light-colored. If you really want to get a golden crust, you can try this advice: bake the cake “the other way around”, that is, lay out the ingredients in the reverse order. For example, if you put apples on the bottom, and pour dough on top, you will get roasted fruits and a lighter sponge cake in a coup. You can not just put the apples in the bowl, and put them in a beautiful pattern. You will get an even more golden tinge of crust if you turn on the “Frying” mode for only a couple of minutes after preparation.
Sometimes the hostess does not manage to bake a charlotte in a slow cooker, the dough remains raw and does not rise. In this case, it is useful to check the amount of ingredients. If you have not adhered to the recipe and simply overdo it with flour or liquid, it is quite possible that the cake will not work. Try to always consider this fact.
Another tip: in order not to burn the charlotte, try to turn off the slow cooker 10-15 minutes before the end of baking and set the “Heating” mode, extending the cooking time for another 20-25 minutes. The cake will come in a warm bowl, but it will not burn.
You shouldn't wrestle and constantly ask yourself: “What should we cook today?” Our recipes will help you solve this problem, and the delicious charlotte will delight the whole family for an evening tea party.
