Brioche Apple Charlotte With Raspberry Sauce Food

BRIOCHE APPLE CHARLOTTE WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Peel and core apples and cut into one-quarter-inch slices. Melt two tablespoons butter in saucepan and add apples with lemon juice and lemon peel. Add two to three tablespoons sugar (the amount depends upon the sweetness of the apples) and cook the apples over gentle heat. They will get soft. Cook until puree is stiff enough to hold its shape.
• Meanwhile, melt remaining butter in saucepan and skim off foam.
• Remove crusts from bread, dip slices of bread into butter and with them line sides and bottom of an oven-proof dish four inches deep and about eight inches in circumference (a souffle dish is perfect).
• Arrange apples in layers in dish (it can be prepared ahead to this point) and top with remaining bread. Bake uncovered for one hour.
• Make sauce. Cook raspberries with the sugar for five to 10 minutes, or until soft, and strain through a sieve. Place in a small bowl.
• Cool charlotte for about 10 minutes and serve with raspberry sauce. Heavy cream or creme fraiche is good passed around with this, too.

APPLE CHARLOTTE

Steps:

• Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add apples, lemon juice, vanilla bean and scrapings, sugar, and brandy or Calvados, if desired. Cook until apples break down and become a chunky applesauce, about 20 minutes. Continue cooking over low heat until mixture is stiff enough to hold its shape when you press a spoon into it, 10 to 15 minutes longer. Remove and discard vanilla bean. Let sauce cool, and refrigerate until cold.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Trim crusts from bread, and discard. Place 4 slices of bread together in a square, and place a 7-inch charlotte mold on top. Trace shape of mold onto bread with knife tip, and cut bread to fit in bottom of mold. Butter both sides, and fit into mold.
• Reserve at least 4 slices of bread for the top; cut remaining slices in half lengthwise. They should be about the same height as the mold. Butter rectangles on both sides, and fit them against walls of mold, overlapping like shingles. Fill with apple mixture. Cut reserved bread to fit top of mold; butter, and fit into place. Chill 15 minutes.
• Bake until bread is golden brown, 30 to 40 minutes. Let cool in pan for at least 30 minutes. Unmold, and serve warm, with whipped cream, if desired.

EASY APPLE CHARLOTTE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 6.5-inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray and line with parchment paper. Spray parchment paper with nonstick cooking spray.
• Toss apples with lime juice and set aside. Mix flour, cinnamon, ginger, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
• Combine eggs with brown sugar, white sugar, and vanilla extract in a second bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Pour about 1/3 of the batter into the prepared pan. Add apples and top with remaining batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool for 15 minutes.
• Run a knife around the springform pan, release springform, and flip apple Charlotte onto a plate. Immediately flip the cake onto a serving platter.