Charlotte in a frying pan with apples

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare all the necessary ingredients for cooking charlotte in a frying pan. Use a pie pan with a thick bottom and non-stick coating. Apples can simply stick to a cast-iron or thin frying pan. Therefore, before you cook such a charlotte, think about which pan you will cook it in, so that you don't have to tear the pie off the pan later. The pie does not stick to a good frying pan.

2. Step 2:

   

   Combine eggs with sugar and beat with a mixer until a fluffy light mass is obtained. The mass does not need to be beaten for longer than 4 minutes, otherwise you can beat the eggs and the biscuit will not rise. Many small bubbles should appear on the surface of the mass. Use large, selected eggs. You can add a little less sugar if you are afraid that the cake will turn out too sweet.

3. Step 3:

   

   Sift flour with baking powder and add to the dough. Use the highest quality flour.

4. Step 4:

   

   Mix everything with a mixer until smooth at low speed. Depending on the brand of flour, you may need a little more, so look at the consistency of your dough. It should be fluid, slightly viscous and drain from the corolla with a wide ribbon.

5. Step 5:

   

   Wash the apples, cut in half, dry and remove the core with the seeds. If the skin is hard, peel it too. Cut the prepared apples into not very thin slices. So that the charlotte does not turn out too cloying, it is better to use sweet and sour varieties of apples with green skin. Semerinka and Granny Smith varieties are ideal. Sour apples will create a good contrast with sweet dough.

6. Step 6:

   

   Brush the bottom and sides of the pan generously with butter and vegetable oil. If there is not enough oil, then the charlotte may stick slightly to the pan. Therefore, do not spare the butter. It should lie on the bottom in small pieces. The dough will absorb all the excess. The diameter of the frying pan is better to take not very small, so that the dough is evenly baked. I have a frying pan diameter of 26 cm .

8. Step 7:

   

   Put apple slices in the pan.

9. Step 8:

   

   Pour the sponge dough evenly on top.

10. Step 9:

    

    Put the frying pan on medium heat (I have this mode 5-6 of 9) and cover with a lid.

11. Step 10:

    

    Fry the charlotte for about 10-15 minutes, periodically holding the spatula between the dough and the walls of the pan so that the dough does not stick.

12. Step 11:

    

    When the dough is well gripped from above (the dough should be elastic), turn the charlotte over with two spatulas. Cover the pan again with a lid and continue cooking the pie for about 7-10 minutes. Make sure that the bottom of the pie does not burn. You can turn down the heat to a small one.

13. Step 12:

    

    Transfer the finished charlotte to a dish and cut into pieces. Enjoy your meal!