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Autumn dessert: apple clafoutis – Italian Cuisine

Autumn dessert: apple clafoutis


A little pudding, a little fruit flan, the clafoutis is the dessert with a guaranteed result. And it's so quick and easy that you can even prepare it at the last minute

The clafoutis it's a French egg and fruit dessert that looks like a pudding, but it's not.
It should be served warm and is a real treat for the palate on autumn evenings.
Preparing it is very simple and you can use it the fruit of your choice, as long as it is in season.
During this time we suggest you try it with apples and raisins, scented with cinnamon.

The apple clafoutis recipe

Here's how to prepare this dessert.

Ingredients

450 g of golden apples
100 g of sugar
50 g of flour 00
250 ml of whole milk
80 g of raisins
2 eggs
10 g of butter
cinnamon

Method

First, let the raisins soften in water at room temperature and brown the apples in a pan with the knob of butter and a tablespoon of cinnamon. They simply have to caramelize a little, but always maintaining the consistency.

Separately, beat the eggs with the sugar and then add the milk and sifted flour.
Simply use a hand whisk.
You can flavor with grated lemon zest or vanilla extract.
Once the mixture is ready, grease a 24 cm diameter baking dish and pour the apples inside first, distributing them well, then the mixture with the eggs and finally the well-squeezed raisins.
Bake in a preheated static oven at 180 ° for about 35-40 minutes and serve the warm clafoutis with a scoop of ice cream or a sprig of semi-whipped cream.

Clafoutis in a pan

There is a faster version of this recipe which includes the cooking in a pan.
In practice it is one Fried eggs with apples, but the addition of flour makes the result slightly drier and more compact.
Just proceed as in the previous recipe and then mix the egg mixture with the apples and raisins and cook everything in a lightly buttered non-stick pan.
Maintain medium-low heat and proceed as for a classic omelette.
After about 5 minutes of cooking the base, help yourself with a plate or a lid e overturned the clafoutis to cook the other side.

Autumn alternatives

You can also prepare a delicious autumn clafoutis with other varieties of apple, such as rennet which goes great in desserts, or pears. Also great with grapes, as long as you find it in season and with persimmon in the persimmon apple vanilla version.
And you can also think of one salty version, maybe with pumpkin and zola!

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How to prepare the apple and cream tart – Italian Cuisine

How to prepare the apple and cream tart


Simple, fragrant and appetizing: here's how to prepare a delicious tart among the most classic

Originally from western Asia and known in the old continent since the times of the ancient Romans, the apples they are also a perfect fruit for desserts.

Nutritional values ​​of apples

Rich in water, protein, calcium, phosphorus and vitamins A, B1, B2 and C, apples also contain very little fat. They are allies of our health, as one of the most famous sayings of popular wisdom says, but beware: apples and pears also contain fermentable sugars which can have harmful effects on people with flammable colon.

The apple and cream tart: the ingredients

One of the simplest and most appetizing recipes to prepare with apples is the tart with the cream. You need 400 grams of flour, 300 grams of granulated sugar, a lemon, a spoonful of baking powder, 100 grams of butter, two eggs for the pastry and two more for the custard, half a liter of milk, twenty grams of sugar to icing and two medium-sized apples.

The shortcrust pastry recipe

First, put the butter into small pieces and one hundred grams of sugar in a large bowl. Mix everything well, adding the eggs and grated lemon zest and continuing to mix. Gradually add the sifted flour (about 350 g) together with the yeast: when the pastry it will be smooth and homogeneous, a ball is formed with the mixture made and wrapped in a sheet of cling film, to rest in the refrigerator for about an hour.

Apples and cream together

Meanwhile wash, peel and cut the apples into thin slices, cooking them in a pan for about ten minutes over high heat with three tablespoons of sugar and a few drops of squeezed lemon. At this point, in another bowl (or saucepan) put the egg yolks and the remaining sugar, adding more flour to improve the density of the mixture. Then move on to milk, to be heated slightly and poured, while still hot, into the preparation: mixing again one will be born custard to thicken over low heat until it reaches the desired consistency. Helping you with a rolling pin, then, roll out the dough on a floured pastry board and gently place it inside a cake pan buttered. Mix the apples with the cream and pour them into the same pan; with the leftover pastry prepare the strips for surface decoration. Bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes, let it cool, sprinkle the cake with icing sugar and serve.

Lots of apple pies – Italian Cuisine – Italian Cuisine


Apple pie is the classic grandmother's dessert that adults and children like. We offer it in many recipes

When you think of a simple, rustic, soft and perfect cake for a snack and breakfast, the Apple pie immediately comes to mind.

Everyone sooner or later will try their hand at preparing an apple pie that it is a wild card always and in any case. If you need to prepare a dessert for a particular occasion, know that apple pie is the salvation!
Children's birthday? Apple pie
School snack? Apple pie
Family outing? Apple pie
Breakfast for work colleagues? Apple pie

There is no classic apple pie recipe because everyone does it in their own way.
Of course, the ingredients are more or less the same, but there are those who cut apples, those who slice them, those who grate them, those who put a lot of them and those who decorate only the surface.

Here you go 10 very delicious recipes to prepare apple pie in a different way than usual

More or less classic apple pie

This is a recipe that more or less everyone agrees. To prepare it, whip 4 eggs with 160 g of sugar and then add 300 g of flour sifted with a sachet of yeast, 100 g of melted butter (cold), the grated rind of a lemon, a pinch of salt and 100 ml of milk. Add 3 peeled apples, cored and cut into slices to the dough and cook everything at 180 ° for about 35-40 minutes.

Apple pie and yogurt

Do you know the 7 jar cake? This is the version with apples. As a measuring cup, use the classic 125 g yogurt jar. The ingredients are therefore: 1 jar of plain yogurt, 3 jars of 00 flour, 2 jars of sugar, 1 jar of seed oil, 1 sachet of yeast, a pinch of salt and 2-3 golden apples. In this case you don't have to use electric whips because you just have to mix everything and then bake in the oven at 180 ° for 35-40 minutes.

Apple and chocolate cake

To make a classic apple pie even more delicious, you can add dark chocolate chips to the dough and to the surface. If you want it completely chocolate, instead, add about 80 grams of melted dark chocolate or two tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa to the mixture.

Apple pie

This cake could be prepared with only two ingredients because the puff pastry and apples would already be enough, but we also want to add the cream. Then, roll out a rectangular puff pastry roll, prick it and cover it with custard. Complete with very thin slices of apple to put on the cream and then bake at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Apple pie

A very rustic dessert made from shortcrust pastry. Prepare it and roll it out not too thin and then line a greased and floured cake mold. Fill it with a layer of apricot jam and sliced ​​apples. If you want, add some walnuts. Cover with shortcrust pastry strips as you do for pies. Bake at 180 degrees for 35 minutes.

Vegan apple pie

No milk, no eggs and no butter, but just as good. Just mix 400 g of flour with 80 g of almond flour, 160 g of brown sugar and 3 teaspoons of yeast. Then the liquid ingredients are added which are 250ml of soy milk and 100g of seed oil. To give an extra touch, abundant with ground cinnamon and ginger and choose tasty apples. Bake at 170 degrees for about 45 minutes.

Lots of apple pies

Apple pie

The classic American apple pie, that of Grandma Duck. First prepare the dough by mixing 300 g of flour with 150 g of butter, 40 g of sugar, a pinch of salt and 70 ml of water. Then macerate three sliced ​​apples with the brown sugar, cinnamon and the juice of one lemon. Divide the dough into two parts and roll it out. Cover the bottom of a mold with one part, fill with apples and cover with more dough. Brush everything with an egg yolk and sprinkle with brown sugar before baking at 180 ° for 40 minutes.

Apple Crumble

This is a dessert that should be eaten lukewarm and is a real comfort food… especially if accompanied by a scoop of ice cream. To prepare it, cut the apples into wedges and arrange them inside a buttered baking dish. Cover them with crumbs of shortcrust pastry prepared only with 180 g of flour, 120 g of butter and 120 r of sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. Cook at 180 degrees for about 25 minutes.

Amaretto and apple cake

A very simple recipe, but of great effect. Roll out a roll of puff pastry inside a mold and fill it with chopped toasted almonds, amaretti, butter and sugar. Complete with apple slices and cover with a second roll of puff pastry. Cook at 180 degrees for about 25 minutes.

Tarte tatin

A cake born from a mistake is now one of the most famous desserts in the world. We propose it to you in a simple way. Cut the apples in half, peel and core. Arrange them with the cut facing upwards in a generously buttered round mold covered with a light layer of sugar. Cover them with a roll of puff pastry, brush with egg and sugar and bake at 180 degrees for about 25-30 minutes.

10 more apple pies: our recipes

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