The long-awaited summer has come - it's time for fruits, berries, rainbow mood and unbridled fun! And so that the hot season gives only bright emotions, and there is simply no place for clouds in it, you must also remember to eat right.
But what should lovers of delicious pies and cakes do, you ask? The answer will be found immediately: summer will please those with a sweet tooth. After all, the main delicacies ripen in gardens and on store shelves. Berries, strawberries... what to cook with them? Delicious charlotte pie now with aromatic strawberries! A must-have for cooking.
Charlotte with fresh strawberries
Charlotte pie is a traditional dessert originally from Foggy Albion. It was originally prepared and became known throughout the world as a treat made from beaten eggs with sugar, milk and apples. But over time, fruit pie turned into berry and fruit pie, which did not detract from its merits. Many consumers of sweet foods love juicy strawberries as an additional tasty ingredient.
Ingredients for strawberry charlotte with fresh berries:
- fresh strawberries (it is better to take larger berries) – 250 g;
- large egg – 3 pcs.;
- flour – 1 tbsp.;
- granulated sugar – 2⁄3 tbsp;
- traditional butter – a quarter of a package;
- baking powder – 1 tsp;
- powdered sugar - to taste;
- salt – 1/4 tsp.
Factory baking powder from the store can be replaced with soda, slaked acetic or citric acid.
To create a culinary masterpiece, the preparatory stage plays an important role:
- Clean the strawberries from stems and debris.
- Remove the required amount of butter from the refrigerator - you will need it melted and warm.
- Turn on the oven to 180–200˚C in advance. It should be warm before baking begins.
Now you can proceed to the actual preparation of charlotte with fresh strawberries:
- First of all, wash the fresh berries and place them in one layer on a paper towel. The strawberries should dry: this way they will better retain their shape and look attractive in the finished product.
- You can start the test. Beat the eggs and sugar with a mixer, gradually increasing the speed to maximum. The result will be a fluffy mass.
- Add melted butter there too. Continue whisking for a while.
- Gently fold in the sifted flour and baking powder into the mixture.
- Prepare a baking pan: line it with parchment or grease it with flour and sprinkle it with flour.
- Divide the dried strawberries into two parts. In one, cut the fruits in half or into slices. They will be used to decorate the top of the charlotte. In another part, divide the berries into four parts. You will hide them inside the pie.
- Place half of the prepared dough into the mold. Arrange the quartered berries in an artistic disarray. Cover the fruit with the remaining dough. You need to place the rest of the strawberries on top of the pie so that it’s delicious to look at the finished charlotte.
- Place the pan with the dough in the preheated oven for 25–30 minutes. After this time, check the readiness of the pie by pricking it with a dry toothpick.
- Remove the slightly cooled cake from the mold and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
It is better to serve charlotte cooled with tea or other favorite drink.
A winter version of a summer delicacy can be prepared using frozen strawberries: let in a warm ray of sunshine in the bitter cold.
Charlotte with frozen strawberries
During the cold season, you want even more delicious desserts: the brain requires joy hormones, which are produced less and less in winter, because there is not so much sun. The technology for preparing the winter version of charlotte is the same, only the strawberries are taken from the freezer. A prerequisite: you need to thaw the berries well and let the juice drain.
For variety, you can make charlotte from real biscuit dough.
Take for this:
- large eggs – 3 pcs.;
- traditional butter - a quarter of a package;
- flour – 200 g;
- baking powder – 1 tsp;
- powdered sugar - 1 tbsp.;
- frozen strawberries – 300 g;
- salt – 1/4 tsp.
Before making a charlotte sponge cake with frozen strawberries, melt the required amount of butter over high heat. It will cool while you prepare the strawberries. Cut the thawed and dried large berries into two parts.
The oven should also be turned on at 180°C in advance.
Cooking process:
- Separate the egg yolks and whites. Grind the yolks with powdered sugar (take half the portion required for the recipe) and vanilla sugar.
- Beat the whites and remaining powdered sugar into a strong foam - you will get a fluffy shiny mass.
- Stirring constantly, add flour and melted butter to the whites.
- Mix the white foam and yolk mass.
- Prepare the baking form, sprinkle with flour. Place the biscuit dough into it.
- Place strawberries on it. Heavy berries sink better, but the size is up to your discretion.
- Place the pan in the oven for 30–40 minutes. A prick with a toothpick or match will tell you when the charlotte is ready.
- Sprinkle the top of the product with powdered sugar.
You can serve a delicious dessert with any drink: a good combination, for example, is celebrated with tea with lemon balm and lemon.
Strawberry charlotte in a slow cooker
Modern housewives value every free minute with trepidation, so for many, the multicooker has become their first assistant in the kitchen. So she can bake charlotte with strawberries herself.
All you need to do is download the necessary ingredients:
- fresh or frozen strawberries – 300 g;
- medium egg – 4 pcs.;
- chemical baking powder – 2 tsp;
- fine flour – 1.5 tbsp;
- granulated sugar – 1.5 tbsp;
- salt – 1/4 tsp.
How to cook:
- Clean freshly harvested strawberries from stems, debris and rot, wash, and dry on a paper towel. Frozen - must thaw. Let the juice drain.
- While beating eggs with salt, do not stop and add a mixture of bulk products: flour, granulated sugar and baking powder. Knead the dough thoroughly until smooth.
- Based on size and your own preferences, cut the berries in half or into quarters.
- Grease the walls and bottom of the multicooker bowl with butter and pour the dough into it.
- Place strawberries on top in one layer - this will be the bottom of the pie.
- Set the appliance to the “Baking” mode initially for 65 minutes.
- After the time has passed, check the readiness of the charlotte with a toothpick. If necessary, add another 20 minutes.
- After finishing cooking, leave the cake in the multicooker bowl for another 3-4 minutes. When removing the baked charlotte, invert the bowl onto a tray.
Charlotte with strawberries in the oven - a simple and quick recipe
If the cook has very little time to prepare the dessert, then you can refuse to separately beat the whites and yolks, as well as other tricks that significantly complicate the entire process. There is a very simple recipe for making strawberry charlotte, for which you need to take: 200 g of sifted wheat flour, 130 g of sugar (brown can be used), 60 g of high-fat butter, 3 eggs, 0.5 tsp. soda, 300 g of berries, a little vinegar to extinguish the soda.
- Beat eggs with sugar until fluffy snow-white foam.
- Melted butter in a water bath or in the microwave is added to the resulting mass, and the ingredients are again beaten with a mixer.
- The soda, quenched with vinegar, is sent into the liquid mixture along with the flour. The last ingredient is poured in small portions.
- The thoroughly mixed mass is sent into a greased form, after which strawberries are laid out on top. You can pre-cut them into several parts.
- The pie is cooked in a well-heated oven for approximately 35 minutes. For such baking, 180 degrees is always enough.
The slightly cooled dessert is transferred to a plate and decorated. You can simply sprinkle it generously with powdered sugar.
Charlotte with strawberry jam
In winter, the lack of fresh fruits and berries can easily be replaced by jam made in the summer.
To prepare it, take:
- large eggs – 3 pcs.;
- fine flour – 300 g;
- strawberry jam – 300 g;
- granulated sugar – 100 g;
- chemical baking powder - 1 tsp;
- sour cream 30% fat - 2 tbsp. l.;
- iodized salt – 1/4 tsp.
Starting to cook charlotte with strawberry jam, turn on the oven to 200˚C.
While it is heating up, perform the following operations:
- Beat the eggs with sugar until completely dissolved using a mixer. A lush foam forms.
- Mix flour with baking powder, add to the mixture, stirring constantly. Add 2 tablespoons of sour cream.
- It's time for jam. It’s good if it’s made from whole or coarsely chopped strawberries. Don't forget to mix the mixture thoroughly.
- Pour the dough onto a baking sheet or into a mold previously lined with parchment or sprinkled with flour.
- Bake the charlotte in the oven for 35–45 minutes.
Charlotte is best served cooled: the taste of summer berries is felt better.
Simple quick charlotte with strawberries
If you’re short on time or don’t want to separately beat the whites and yolks for charlotte with strawberries, then you can prepare a quick version of such baking. Despite the simplification of some processes, a quick-cooked charlotte will still turn out aromatic and tasty. In general, this ordinary charlotte is a suitable dish for a soulful home tea party.
For a regular charlotte you need: a glass of flour, 140 g of sugar, about 60 g of good butter, 3 fresh eggs. You should also hurry up and look for or make powdered sugar, which we will use as a powder. Also find a handful of strawberries and half a spoon of (tea) soda. Since soda needs to be quenched with vinegar, take care of that too.
Beat eggs and sugar. You should get white fluffy foam. Add melted butter to it and use the mixer again. Then slaked soda with vinegar goes into the egg mass, and then sifted flour is poured in and everything is mixed.
Pour the dough into a parchment-lined and greased form, put chopped strawberries on top and bake a regular charlotte in the oven at 180°C for half an hour. Sprinkle the cooled baked goods with powder and transfer them to a plate.
Charlotte with strawberries and apples
Charlotte is still originally an apple dessert, and it would be completely unfair not to mention these fruits. After all, even if apples don’t grow in your garden, you can buy fresh fruit on the shelves of shops and markets all year round.
By mixing fruits, berries and other ingredients, we get the most delicious pie with an appetizing look and smell:
- medium eggs – 5 pcs.;
- apples – 5 pcs.;
- strawberries, preferably fresh – 200 g;
- fine flour – 200 g;
- granulated sugar – 200 g;
- chemical baking powder – 1 tsp;
- starch – 50 g;
- vanillin - to taste;
- cinnamon - to taste;
- iodized salt – 1/4 tsp.
Cooking charlotte with strawberries and apples begins the same way, with preparatory steps:
- Remove the stems from the berries, rinse and let the water drain. Large ones - divide into slices;
- Peel the washed apples: remove the core and seeds. Cut into thin slices;
- Turn on the oven at 170°C;
- Prepare a baking sheet or baking dish: place parchment on the bottom or generously coat it with butter and sprinkle with flour.
When the auxiliary operations are completed, we proceed to the preparation process:
- Add flour, vanillin and baking powder into beaten eggs with granulated sugar, stirring.
- Everything is laid out on a baking sheet in layers and not mixed.
- Place the apples and sprinkle them with cinnamon and starch.
- Starch absorbs excess moisture from the berries. The pie will not get soggy and will not fall apart.
- Arrange the strawberries in one layer.
- Fill the baking sheet with the dough over the apples and berries and place it in the oven.
- Bake the pie until golden brown, 35-45 minutes. Check the dough for doneness by piercing it with a toothpick or match.
- Remove the slightly cooled charlotte from the mold, turning it over: the apples will be on top. For beauty, sprinkle powdered sugar on top of the cake.
Charlotte with strawberries on kefir
We will learn how to cook charlotte with strawberries using kefir. This charlotte recipe is as simple as the previous one, so there should be no difficulties in preparing this strawberry pie.
To make charlotte for a family of four, you will need: 80 g of butter, 300 ml of kefir, a small spoon of soda, a little less than a glass of sugar, flour (3 tbsp.). You also need to get 3 chicken eggs and 250 g of fresh strawberries.
Kefir and butter are added to eggs beaten with sugar. Add a spoonful of slaked soda to the mixture and, after stirring the mass, add flour. The thick dough is poured into a mold lined with parchment. Sliced strawberries are placed on top of it. It should be lightly pressed into the dough. Baking time – 45 minutes (half an hour at 180°C, the remaining 15 minutes at 160-170°C).
