Apple charlotte with toasted brioche

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 charlotte, you will need:

• 1 300 g stewed apple (compote)
• 2 4 apples
• 3 40 g butter
• 4 3 tablespoons clarified butter
• 5 3 tablespoons caster sugar
• 6 a little Chantilly cream (optional)
• 7 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 8 1 nanterre brioche
• Total weight: 1,515 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
55 min.	20 min.	1 hour 5 min.	2 hours 20 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Peel 4 apples, cut in four and remove core.
• 2: Melt 40 g butter (clarified if possible) in a frying pan over high heat, add apple quarters.
  Cook 2 or 3 minutes, then sprinkle with 3 tablespoons caster sugar and cook a few more minutes until well caramelised.
  Set aside.
• 3: Slice 300 g stewed apple (compote) fairly thinly (1/2 cm or 0.4 inch thick) and remove crust.
  Cut into rectangles same height as your mould, and triangles for top and bottom.
  Try the brioches pieces in the mould to check for fit: the rectangles should overlap slightly.
• 4: Turn on the grill.
  Melt 3 tablespoons clarified butter.
  Put all the brioche pieces on a grill pan or thick baking sheet.
• 5: Using a brush, coat each slice of brioche with melted butter, then sprinkle with some caster sugar.
• 6: Put under the grill.
• 7: Supervise carefully, remove brioche pieces as soon as they are golden brown.
  Set aside.
• 8: Brush the mould with melted butter, then put in 1 tablespoon caster sugar and spread it around evenly by shaking and turning.
  We do this to make turning out easier after cooking.
  Preheat oven to 392°F (200°C).
• 9: Line the mould with brioche pieces, toasted side against the mould, overlapping the rectangles slightly.
• 10: Add stewed apples to about ¼ depth of mould.
• 11: Then a layer of caramelized apples .
• 12: Then a second stewed apples layer, and finally a layer of brioche .
• 13: Put in the oven for about 30 minutes.
• 14: Allow to cool a for a while before turning out.
• 15: Enjoy cold or warm with whipped cream (creme chantilly - delightful!) or real custard (crème anglaise).

Remarks

For a quicker, easier version, don't make caramelized apples, just used more stewed apple.

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