Cooking French pastries at home. A step-by-step recipe with a photo of a lush apple charlotte on squirrels with apples. Calorie content and video recipe.
Charlotte is a well-known apple pie, of which there are many options. Today we will conduct an experiment and make a charlotte in French. Its main difference from the Russian version is that the dough is kneaded exclusively on whites without adding yolks. Thanks to this, it turns out to be very airy and practically melts in the mouth. In addition, protein-based charlotte turns out to be low-calorie. And if you want to further reduce the calorie content of baked goods, take durum flour. It contains more complex carbohydrates, which the body spends more time on breaking down.
There is nothing superfluous in the recipe, only cinnamon is added for the aroma, which goes well with apples. But if you wish, you can add vanilla extract, ground cardamom, cloves and other spices. Preparing the pie is very simple, whipped up the proteins, combined them with flour and poured the sliced apples with the finished plank. What could be easier? At the same time, the product is the most delicate, fragrant, with an airy center and a crispy brown crust. Such pastries will appeal to both adults and children. It is worth noting that the fluffy charlotte with apples does not lose its taste the next day.
See also how to make strawberry charlotte.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 359 kcal.
- Servings Per Container - 1 Pie
- Cooking time - 50 minutes
Ingredients:
- Egg whites - 4 pcs.
- Sugar - 100 g
- Salt - a pinch
- Ground cinnamon - 1 tsp
- Apples - 2-3 pcs.
- Flour - 100 g
Step-by-step cooking of charlotte in French on squirrels with apples, recipe with photo:
1. Wash the eggs, dry them with a paper towel and break the shells. Carefully separate the whites from the yolks so that not a single drop of the yolks gets to the whites, otherwise the whites will not beat to the desired consistency. Place the whites in a deep, clean, dry bowl free of moisture and grease, and add a pinch of salt to them. You won't need yolks for the recipe, so use them for another dish.
2. With a mixer at medium speed, start beating the whites until the first white foam appears.
3. Then gradually add 1 tablespoon to the proteins. sugar and beat until firm, stationary white peaks form.
4. Pour flour over the proteins, sift it through a fine sieve so that it is enriched with oxygen and there are no lumps in the dough.
5. Beat the dough with a mixer until smooth. Its consistency should be like sour cream of medium thickness.
6. Wash and dry the apples with a paper towel. Using a special knife, remove the core with the seed box and cut them into medium-sized pieces. Place the apples in a greased baking dish or butter.
7. Sprinkle apples with cinnamon powder.
8. Pour the dough over the apples so that it covers all the apples.
9. Send the French charlotte on squirrels with apples to bake in a preheated oven to 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Test the readiness of the product with a puncture of a wooden stick, on which there should be no sticking of the dough. If the dough sticks to it, continue baking the cake for 3-5 minutes and try cooking again.
Remove the finished baked goods from the mold after cooling. Sprinkle it with icing sugar if desired and serve with the dessert table.
See also a video recipe on how to cook apple charlotte with meringue.
