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2020-08-13 / test@t
Charlotte loaf with pears and oranges
Charlotte loaf with pears and oranges will satisfy all lovers of the French version of this hot dessert, according to which it is made not from biscuit dough, but from stale white bread. Of course, you can take apples as a fruit base, but try the option we proposed at least once. He's really beautiful! The fact is that when baked, hard pears retain their shape better, and oranges give the dessert the necessary sourness and pleasant freshness. It turns out very tasty and aromatic! Loaf charlotte with pears and oranges can be served for evening tea: loved ones will appreciate it and will repeatedly ask you to repeat the dessert for an encore.
Ingredients
- butter - 200-250 g + 10 g for greasing the mold
- sugar - 300 g + 1 tsp. to prepare the form
- oranges - 2 pcs.
- vanilla sugar - 3 tbsp l.
- large eggs - 4 pcs.
- cream with a fat content of 30-35% - 800 ml
- small stale loaves - 2 pcs.
- hard pears - 1 kg
- milk to taste
STEP-BY-STEP COOKING RECIPE
Step 1
Prepare the pear and orange charlotte butter. Take it out of the refrigerator, cut it into small cubes, put it in a bowl and leave it at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Step 2
Grease the mold with a diameter of 26-28 cm, which you plan to use for making charlotte, with a little oil and sprinkle with sugar. Refrigerate prior to use.
Step 3
Wash the charlotte oranges and pat dry with a paper towel. With a fine grater, remove a thin layer of zest from the fruit. Then cut each fruit in half and squeeze out the juice.
Step 4
Stir the grated orange zest with the sugar and vanilla sugar. Beat eggs with a mixer with half of the resulting mixture. Without stopping the process, gradually pour in the cream. Beat until smooth.
Step 5
Cut the crust off the loaves. Cut the crumb of bread into slices. Brush each one with soft butter on one side. Another is to dip the cubes into the egg and butter mixture and place overlapping in a chilled pan (oily side down), spreading over the bottom and up the sides.
Step 6
Wash, dry and peel charlotte pears. Cut the fruit into halves and remove the seeds from the core. Cut the flesh across into thin slices and pour over with orange juice.
Step 7
Spread the pears evenly over the white bread slices in a mold. Sprinkle with half the orange peel sugar mixture. Pour the contents of the pan with the remaining egg and butter mixture, pressing the bread with your hands,
Step 8
Place the dish in an oven heated to 180 ° C. Bake for 45 minutes. Water the charlotte with pears periodically with milk so that the top layer does not dry out.
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