Baked apple and fruit charlotte

Name: Baked apple and fruit charlotte
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: pinch of ground cinnamon; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg; 5O g (1¾ oz) sultanas or other dried fruits; grated lemon rind (optional); 2 tablespoons marmalade (optional); 3 tablespoons apricot jam (see Chef’s tips); 175 g (5¾ oz) unsalted butter; 90 g (3 oz) soft brown sugar; 14 thin slices of white bread, trimmed of crusts; 500 g (1 lb) cooking apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped; 500 g (1 lb) Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped; 50 g (1¾ oz) walnuts, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

Desserts

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

As legend has it, this famous moulded dessert was named after the wife of George III, England’s famous ‘mad’ king. It is traditionally set in a tall, bucket-shaped mould.

Ingredients

14 thin slices of white bread, trimmed of crusts
175 g (5¾ oz)

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian
England

Method

Brush a 1.25 litre charlotte mould with softened butter. Cut six slices of bread in half to form rectangles; cut five slices in half at a diagonal to form triangles. Reserve the remaining three slices of bread.
Turn the mould upside down and place the bread triangl