Old-Fashioned Apple Charlotte*

Name: Old-Fashioned Apple Charlotte* (Charlotte aux Pommes à l’Ancienne)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Butter; White sandwich loaf (pain de mie), sliced; 2 lb. (900 g) firm baking apples (such as Chantecler, Belle de Boskoop, Golden Delicious); 4 tbsp (2 oz./60 g) butter, melted; Scant ⅓ cup (2 oz./60 g) vanilla sugar; ½ cup (3½ oz./100 g) brown sugar; 7 tbsp (3½ oz./100 g) butter; Apricot coulis or vanilla custard sauce; Sugar

Charlotte aux Pommes à l’Ancienne

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

Baked apples

Make 1 Day Ahead, see Chef’s Notes

2 lb. (900 g) firm baking apples (such as Chantecler,

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

A day ahead, prepare the baked apples. Preheat the oven to 340°F (170°C/Gas Mark 3). Peel, halve, and core the apples. Place them in a single layer in the baking dish, rounded sides up. Pour the melted butter over them, then sprinkle with the vanilla suga