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chocolate apple charlotte – we should cocoa

8 November 2011 by Dominic Franks

… now that i’ve been given the extra time, i’ve decided to use the next couple of days to make Christmas Lunch… no, i’ve not gone completely barmy, it’s just I have a deadline to meet and the lovely Caroline from Lincolnshire Life Magazine has given me a double page spread for Christmas… so i’m cooking 3 courses… all vegetarian… as I have a whole load of veggies coming and I want to impress!

… not that this has anything to do with the Apple Charlotte, it’s just that I had all my Christmas cookbooks out last night and HRH Delia’s book happened to fall open at her infamous Apple Charlotte recipe and my mind started to whir… what if I used my left-over Challah bread, which is remarkably like Brioche… and then what if I coat the bread with chocolate butter..? I will have fulfilled this months We Should Cocoa brief of cooking apples with chocolate… and created possible the most heavenly dessert ever!

… my pudding basin was out anyway, as i’m going to make the layered caramelised onion and mushroom suet pudding which I made last year for Christmas… so as usual there are about a hundred dead birds in the kitchen and only the one stone!

Chocolate Apple Charlotte


1lb apples – peeled and chopped (I used half Bramley cooking apples half Cox’s)
1 tablespoon caster sugar
4oz butter
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
roughly six slices of thick cut white bread with the crusts removed – i used challah, with crusts on
1 egg yolk

You will need a 1pint pudding basin

– using a tablespoon of water, gently simmer the apples in a pan with the 1oz of the butter and all the sugar until mushy.  If using more than one apple variety they may take different lengths of time to mush but this is ok as it’s good to have texture in the pudding.  Once mushed, set aside to cool.

– melt the butter gently in the microwave and then add 2 large teaspoons of dark cocoa powder, stiring until melted together

– brush both sides of each slice of bread with the chocolate butter and line the pudding basin with it, making sure there are no gaps

– stir the egg yolk into the mushed apple and then pour this into the pudding and then place on a bread lid

– take an oven-proof plate or dish and stand this on top of the pudding with a weight on top… I didn’t have either so used a bowl with a Kilner jar filled with water as the weight… worked just fine!

– let it sit like this for 20 mins, then  bake in the oven, with the plate and weight for 30 mins, then, remove the plate and weight and bake for a further 10 minutes until the top is crispy.

serve with lashings of cream… eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Pear Tree Log says

    8 November 2011 at 9:49 am

    Great idea, I'll be trying this later.

  2. Magnolia Verandah says

    8 November 2011 at 9:56 am

    Oh yes love a good apple charlotte and with chocolate what could be better. Might try this using panattoni an italian bread that is very christmassy.

  3. Hanna says

    8 November 2011 at 9:58 am

    Yum! Love the patterns that the bread gives on the outside!

  4. Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

    8 November 2011 at 11:07 am

    What a super idea. I love it when leftovers can be put to such surprising uses! Good luck with the magazine spread too.

  5. bellini says

    8 November 2011 at 11:35 am

    I am always ipen to new ideas Dom. Also congrats on the magazine spread, very cool!!!

  6. From Beyond My Kitchen Window says

    8 November 2011 at 12:11 pm

    What a great looking dessert. Another good reason to make your last loaf. I have seen these pans in the baking specialty store and now I now what to use them for. Yummy recipe Dom!

  7. A Trifle Rushed says

    8 November 2011 at 12:12 pm

    What a super pudding, It's wonderful that you have created an even better apple Charlotte. We will be eating this soon.

  8. Brownieville Girl says

    8 November 2011 at 12:32 pm

    Magazine spread ….. well done you! (don't forget I need a mention when you write the cookbook!!)

    Yummy dessert – although I'm afraid I'd throw alot more sugar in there!!!!!! I love the idea of the different textures, I think Delia would be proud.

  9. manu says

    8 November 2011 at 12:44 pm

    Sounds delicious!!
    Have a great day

  10. Jenn says

    8 November 2011 at 12:54 pm

    Congrats on the magazine coverage! Of course it is well deserved 🙂
    The Charlotte looks AMAZING! I could devour that in one sitting… easily!

  11. The KitchenMaid says

    8 November 2011 at 5:41 pm

    Very clever, young Dom. In fact, almost as clever as my WSC appley wotsit, which is coming soon… you're gonna love it (she said, modestly)!

  12. Food Urchin says

    8 November 2011 at 5:47 pm

    I like this, I like this a lot (psst any quinces left?)

  13. Victoria says

    8 November 2011 at 6:03 pm

    sounds and looks great!! and…how do i get my hot little hands on a copy of Lincolnshire Life up here in Edinburgh? huh???

  14. Michael Toa says

    8 November 2011 at 7:06 pm

    Beautiful recipe Dom! You know I am crazy for apples at the moment. Good luck with the magazine. Do keep us updated 🙂

  15. Karen S Booth says

    8 November 2011 at 7:23 pm

    What a brilliant idea and it looks great….good luck with the magazine spread ~ it will be amazing I am sure.

  16. Laura@howtocookgoodfood says

    8 November 2011 at 7:35 pm

    I like this chocolate apple charlotte idea, very clever indeed!

  17. Janice says

    8 November 2011 at 8:06 pm

    Gosh Dom, centrefold spread? Well done you and also congrats on a fabulous pudding. That looks divine.

  18. Suelle says

    8 November 2011 at 8:22 pm

    What a marvellous creation! It looks delicious – might even change my mind about apples and chocolate together. 😉

  19. Sue/the view from great island says

    8 November 2011 at 10:18 pm

    Congratulations on the magazine spread…will we get a sneak preview? I've never made an apple charlotte, chocolate or otherwise, and I'm looking forward to it.

  20. Phil in the Kitchen says

    8 November 2011 at 11:27 pm

    Lovely idea – I really like that touch of chocolate. I haven't made a charlotte for more years than I care to remember and, reading this recipe, I don't really know why that is.

  21. GG says

    9 November 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Great looking dessert. I love the mix of apple and chocolate. Have you seen Nigel Slater's Apple Betty Charlotte in Real Food? Very yummy. GG

  22. Baking Addict says

    9 November 2011 at 11:06 pm

    This looks amazing! I'll have mine with lashings of cream please 🙂

  23. Chele says

    11 November 2011 at 2:19 pm

    Dom that looks truly glorious, what a genius mind you do have ;0)

  24. Choclette says

    12 November 2011 at 7:55 pm

    Brilliant idea Dom and it looks so elegant too. Your Christmas dinner is sounding more appealing by the minute – hummm, just wondering if I can wangle myself an invite 😉

  25. Carole says

    24 May 2012 at 9:46 pm

    Great post. I was wondering if you would like to put up a link to this apple recipe in my Food on Friday Series.

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