Pineapple Charlotte: An Easy Recipe

Refreshing and fruity, charlottes are essential summer desserts. We offer you a very easy recipe to make a delicious pineapple charlotte.

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients needed to make this pineapple charlotte recipe for 6 people:

- a large can of pineapple slices in syrup
- 250 g of cottage cheese
- 75 g of sugar
- one packet of vanilla sugar
- 2 sheets of gelatin
- 30 ladyfinger biscuits
- amber rum

Preparation

This pineapple charlotte is a light recipe made with fruit and fromage blanc.

1) Soften the gelatin sheets in a bowl of cold water for 5 minutes.

2) Whisk the fromage blanc with the sugar and vanilla sugar until smooth.

3) Drain the pineapple slices, reserving the syrup.

4) Heat two tablespoons of pineapple syrup in a small saucepan. Remove from heat at the first boil. Off the heat, dissolve the previously drained gelatin sheets in the hot syrup.

5) Incorporate the syrup containing the gelatin into the fromage blanc.

6) Reserve one slice of pineapple for decoration. Cut the other slices into pieces and add them to the mixture.

Editing

1) Pour the remaining pineapple syrup into a shallow dish. Add a capful of amber rum (optional if you are making this charlotte for children).

2) Soak the ladyfingers and line the bottom and sides of a charlotte mold with them.
Note: To facilitate unmolding, we used a Tupperware mold; if not available, line a glass soufflé-type mold with parchment paper.

3) Pour the fromage blanc mixture. Finish with a layer of soaked biscuits, then close the mold with its lid or with a plate on which you will place some weight.

4) Refrigerate the pineapple charlotte for at least 12 hours. When ready to serve, unmold the charlotte, place a slice of pineapple on top, and complete the decoration as you like with candied cherries, mint leaves, or small rosettes of whipped cream.