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Fruit Charlotte

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 kg mixed fruit (apricots, pears, apples, plums, cherries, etc.)
• 1 soup plate bread cubes
• butter (a little)
• sugar (to taste)
• cinnamon (crushed) (a little)
• lemon zest (grated) (a little)
• wine (a little)
• bread slices (for lining the mould) (as needed)

Instructions

1. Prepare the fruit by peeling, pitting or coring, and cutting into pieces.
2. Lightly toast the bread cubes in butter until light yellow, mix with the fruit, add sugar, crushed cinnamon, grated lemon zest, and a little wine, and use this to fill the mould previously lined with bread slices.
3. Bake until cooked through at moderate heat for about one and a half hours.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.