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Milanese Apple Charlotte

Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw

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Made in Milan: Adam Liaw's Milanese apple charlotte.
Made in Milan: Adam Liaw's Milanese apple charlotte.William Meppem

Part bread pudding and part apple pie, this simple apple charlotte is perfect when you want a great baked dessert without the hassle of making pastry.

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Ingredients

  • 6-8 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into thin wedges

  • 1 cup white wine

  • ⅔ cup castor sugar

  • ½ cup raisins

  • grated rind of

  • 1 lemon

  • ½ cup mixed glacé fruits

  • 100g butter, softened

  • 16 slices white bread, crusts removed and cut in half

  • 50ml rum (optional)

  • vanilla ice-cream, to serve

Method

  1. Prepare the fruit

    Place the apples, wine, sugar, raisins, lemon rind and ½ a cup of water into a large saucepan. Cook for 20 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until it reaches a jammy consistency. Allow to cool to room temperature, then stir through the glacé fruits.

    To assemble

    Heat your oven to 180°C.

    Liberally butter the slices of bread and place them, slightly overlapping, into the base and around the edges of a 20cm cake tin. Fill with the fruit mixture and cover with a layer of buttered bread.

    Cover the top layer of bread with baking paper. Wrap pie weights in a sheet of aluminum foil and place on top of the bread to hold it down.

    To cook: Bake for 70 minutes, then remove from the oven and allow to stand for at least 20 minutes.

    To serve: Turn the warm charlotte out onto a serving plate. If using, heat the rum in a metal ladle and ignite it. Pour flaming rum over the charlotte at the table and serve with vanilla ice-cream.

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Adam LiawAdam Liaw is a cookbook author and food writer, co-host of Good Food Kitchen and former MasterChef winner.

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