Pumpkin charlotte or apple pie with pumpkin?
Pumpkin is a truly versatile product. It's perfect for making not only porridge or salad, but also dessert. The bright yellow flesh of this fruit lends a sunny, elegant appearance and a wonderful sweetness to baked goods. Pumpkin pie is amazingly good on its own, but if you make it with apples, you get a real masterpiece of taste.
An unusual charlotte
This new version of charlotte produces a simply stunning result: fluffy, bright yellow dough, a stunning aroma of spices, and a captivating sweet and sour taste. To make it, you'll need:
- 300 g pumpkin pulp;
- 3 apples;
- 4 chicken eggs;
- 1 cup of sugar;
- butter – 180 g;
- 1.5 cups flour;
- baking powder (1 tsp);
- vanillin and cinnamon (to taste).
Pumpkin pie is prepared like this:
- Peel the fruit. Grate the pumpkin and dice the apples. Combine them, add a spoonful of sugar and aromatic spices.
- Beat the eggs with sugar, then add the softened butter. Finally, add the flour and baking powder.
- Place half of the dough into a greased pan, top with the pumpkin-apple mixture, and then the remaining dough. Bake the pie for 45 minutes at 170 0And, of course, before serving, decorate with powdered sugar.
Mystery Pie
Why a riddle? Because no one will be able to guess what exactly the pie is made of. What's unique about it is that pumpkin is used not as a filling, but as a base for the dough:
- pumpkin puree - 250 g;
- 75 g sugar;
- butter and nuts (walnuts) - 50 g each;
- flour - 400 g;
- a packet of baking powder;
- A pinch each of salt, cloves, cinnamon, and ground cardamom. These spices perfectly enhance the pumpkin flavor.
For the filling you will need:
- 50 g sugar;
- 350 g apples;
- vanilla and cinnamon.
Making a pie starts with the dough:
- First, peel and cut the pumpkin into small pieces, then bake it in the oven until soft. Then, puree the pulp with a blender. To obtain the specified amount of puree, you'll need about 500 g of fresh pumpkin.
- The butter should be defrosted and the nuts chopped beforehand. Once the preparation is complete, you can begin kneading the dough (using all the ingredients listed in the recipe).
- Now's the time to prepare the filling: peel the apples and slice them thinly. The recipe calls for the weight of pre-sliced apples. Separate three-quarters of the dough and press it into the pan, forming the edges. Fill the pie crust with the filling, sprinkling it with sugar and spices. Tear the remaining dough into small pieces and arrange them randomly on top of the filling.
- Bake the pie until golden brown in an oven preheated to 180 0In about half an hour, the fragrant, sunny, warm dessert, reminiscent of summer, will be ready.
It's time to call your family!
