Charlotte-aux-Pommes

Ingredients

• A few slices of rather stale bread 1/2 inch thick
• clarified butter
• apple marmalade made by recipe No. 1395
• with about 2 dozen apples
• 1/2 glass sherry
• CHARLOTTE-AUX-POMMES.]

Instructions

1. Cut a slice of bread the same shape as the bottom of a plain round mould, which has been well buttered, and a few strips the height of the mould, and about 1-1/2 inch wide;
2. dip the bread in clarified butter (or spread it with cold butter, if not wanted quite so rich);
3. place the round piece at the bottom of the mould, and set the narrow strips up the sides of it, overlapping each other a little, that no juice from the apples may escape, and that they may hold firmly to the mould.
4. Brush the _interior_ over with white of egg (this will assist to make the case firmer);
5. fill it with apple marmalade made by recipe No. 1395, with the addition of a little sherry, and cover them with a round piece of bread, also brushed over with egg, the same as the bottom; slightly press the bread down, to make it adhere to the other pieces;
6. put a plate on the top, and bake the _charlotte_ in a brisk oven, of a light colour.
7. Turn it out on the dish, strew sifted sugar over the top, and pour round it a little melted apricot jam.