Charlotte Aux Pommes A La Normande

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 cups apples, peeled, cored and cubed (it is very hard to say how many apples, probably at least 6 depending on size)
• 1 loaf bread, , cut into 1/4 slices (pain brie or good, firm textured bread(12 to 15 slices necessary)
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, unsalted, melted
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 cut the crusts from the brread and reserve for other use such as bread crumbs.
• 2 lightly brush both sides of each slice with butter.
• 3 line the bottom of a charlotte mold (it should be 6" across by 3" deep --you may use a deeper mold--it will just require extra care in unmolding) with 3 to 4 of the slices of bread cut in triangles and overlapping by about 1/4".
• 4 line the sides of the mold with 6 to 8 slices cut in rectangles that are the same height, they should also overlap slightly.
• 5 reserve 3 slices for the top.
• 6 pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 7 saute the apples in the remaining butter for 3 to 4 minutes and add the sugar and cinnamon; stir well and cook another 1 to 2 minutes.
• 8 pour the apples into the bread-lined mold and press down lightly with the back of a spoon.
• 9 cover with the reserved slices of buttered cut to fit the space.
• 10 place the mold on a sheet pan and bake in the oven for 45 minutes.
• 11 cool for at least thirty minutes and unmold onto a serving plate.
• 12 serve warm or room temperature with creme aux oeufs or apricot sauce.
• 13 note: this version is not overly sweet, certainly not as sweet as many other charlottes.