Strawberry Charlotte: Everyday and Holiday Recipes

The recipe for charlotte with strawberries is simple, and the result is surprisingly tasty. Such a pie can be prepared all year round. In summer, using fresh berries, in winter - frozen or strawberry jam.

Classic Strawberry Charlotte

Simple basic recipes are suitable if you want to pamper your relatives with delicious pastries. But for treating guests it is better to cook more refined and unusual dishes.
In the oven

Cooking charlotte with strawberries in the oven is very simple. It can be baked in just half an hour, having spent a minimum of food and effort.

You will need:

• flour - 1 cup;
• egg - 3 pcs.;
• strawberries - 300 g;
• milk - 50 ml;
• butter - 50 g;
• sugar - 1 cup;
• icing sugar - for powder.

Cooking

1. Beat the whites separately from the yolks, gradually adding sugar.
2. Add flour to the proteins, stirring gently and carefully so that they do not settle.
3. Then melt the butter and pour in the protein mass.
4. Rub the yolks and add to the dough. Knead everything.
5. Cut large fruits in half.
6. Pour the dough into a floured form. Lay the berries on top.
7. Cook at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.
8. Sprinkle the finished charlotte with powdered sugar.

In a slow cooker

Lush cake can be prepared in a multicooker of any manufacturer, for example, Redmond. Charlotte with strawberries in a slow cooker is an excellent option for a busy housewife. No need to constantly check the pastries and distract from other household chores.

You will need:

• egg - 4 pcs.;
• flour - 300 g;
• sugar - 300 g;
• strawberries - 300 g;
• baking powder - 2 teaspoons;
• salt is a pinch.

Cooking

1. Beat eggs with salt, add sugar and beat again.
2. In the mass, add flour, sugar, baking powder. Knead the dough well.
3. Wash and cut strawberries in half.
4. Pour the dough into the bowl, spread the fruits evenly on top.
5. Put on the “Baking” mode and cook for 65 minutes.
6. Leave the finished charlotte for 3 minutes, and then turn it over and put on a dish.

With apple

You will need:

• flour - 1 cup;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• starch - 50 g;
• sugar - 200 g;
• apples - 500 g;
• strawberries - 500 g;
• cinnamon, vanilla;
• baking powder - 10 g.

Cooking

1. Cut apples into slices and put in a mold. Sprinkle them with cinnamon and starch.
2. Lay the berries on top.
3. Stir eggs well with sugar. Pour flour and baking powder there. Add vanilla last.
4. Knead the dough and pour it over the berries and fruits.
5. Bake at 170 degrees 50 minutes.

To make charlotte with apples and strawberries juicy, choose sweet and sour varieties.

Holiday recipes

With aromatic berries you can cook real masterpieces. And if for an everyday pie it is enough to lay out the berries and pour them with dough, then for a special occasion you will have to work a little.

Strawberry Jelly Tart Cake

You will need:

• flour - 300 g;
• egg - 4 pcs.;
• strawberries - 300 g;
• sugar - 1.5 cups;
• vanilla;
• long cookies - 200 g;
• baking powder - 10 g;
• cream - 400 ml;
• gelatin - 1 sachet;
• lemon juice - 4 tablespoons.

Cooking

1. Beat vanilla, eggs and 1 cup sugar until foam.
2. Pour baking powder and flour into this mass, knead and bake the cake.
3. Beat some berries in a blender and add a little sugar.
4. Leave gelatin soaked in water for 10 minutes. Then heat it with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and cool.
5. Mix the obtained strawberry puree with gelatin and leave for 20 minutes.
6. Cut a few strawberries and whip the cream. Add all this to the gelatin mass and leave in the refrigerator for half an hour.
7. Dissolve a little sugar in water and pour in the remaining lemon juice.
8. Put the baked sponge cake in a form in which the bottom is removed. Pour sponge cake with lemon syrup.
9. Put the frozen strawberry-gelatin mass on a biscuit. Return to the refrigerator for 1 hour.
10. When everything hardens well, put the charlotte on a dish. Attach a cookie along the edge (it should be long, in the form of fingers), decorate with the remaining fruits.

With banana

Thanks to the banana, the pastries will be more aromatic. In addition, this fruit goes well with strawberries.

You will need:

• sugar - 1 cup;
• banana - 2 pcs.;
• strawberries - 200 g;
• flour - 1.5 cups;
• baking powder - 3 tablespoons;
• egg - 3 pcs.
• whipped cream - for decoration.

Cooking

1. Beat the eggs, add sugar to them and beat with a blender. Add flour and baking powder. Mix well.
2. Cut bananas into circles. If the strawberries are large, cut into two halves.
3. Pour a portion of the dough onto a greased form and lay out the banana slices. Then pour the second half of the dough and sprinkle the berries on top.
4. Cook for 45 minutes at 200 degrees.

Garnish the charlotte with whipped cream. Or brush with protein cream and brown in the oven. The result is a festive version of the cake.

How to decorate a cake beautifully

If you want to make a holiday cake, decorate the charlotte quite beautifully. Here are the options:

• crushed nuts, chocolate chips, wafer slices;
• chocolate glaze;
• roses from mastic;
• chocolate figures;
• cream;
• berries and fruits;
• roses from apples.

Strawberry Charlotte is a wonderful dish that will appeal to both children and adults. It can be prepared for a regular table, and for the festive.

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