A charlotte is a type of dessert or trifle that can be served hot or cold. It is also referred to as an "icebox cake". Bread,sponge cake or biscuits/cookies are used to line a mold,which is then filled with a fruit puree or custard. It can also be made using layers of breadcrumbs
In 1815, Marie-Antoine Carême claims to have thought of charlotte à la parisienne "pendant mon établissement", presumably in 1803, when he opened his own pastry shop.
The earliest known English recipe is from the 1808 London edition of Maria Rundell& #39;s New System of Domestic Cookery
In Carême& #39;s 1815 Le Pâtissier royal parisien, he mentions many varieties of charlotte: à la parisienne, à la française, à l& #39;italienne, aux macarons dávelines, aux gaufres aux pistaches, de pommes, de pomme d& #39;api, d& #39;abricots, de pêches, de pommes glacée aux abricots,
de pommes au beurre, parisienne à la vanille, de pommes; he mentions à la russe as the name used by others for what he called à la parisienne. There are many variants. Most charlottes are served cool, so they are more common in warmer seasons.
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