Charlotte with apples and cranberries on starch

Wash the apples thoroughly, remove the core and cut into slices. I usually don't peel apples, but just slice them thinly. But, of course, you can clean them - this is, as they say, a matter of taste. While I'm doing the dough, I put the apples in an airtight container - so they won't darken.

Separate the yolks from the whites, beat the yolks with a blender or mixer until the mass turns white. The proteins should be in a clean and perfectly dry dish. Put them in the refrigerator for a while.

After whipping, sift flour and starch to the yolks. Also add baking powder and vanilla to taste. Re-beat everything thoroughly with a mixer.

Add a small pinch of salt to the proteins cooled after the refrigerator and whisk until a strong foam. It is thanks to this pinch of protein that it will climb to strong peaks. At first, beat the whites at low speeds, gradually increasing the speed to the maximum. First, beat the whites to a fluffy foam, then add sugar to them and continue to beat until strong peaks.

In small portions, add the proteins to the dough, gently stirring the dough with a spoon or spatula in the direction from bottom to top. It is impossible to beat the dough at this stage with a whisk. As a result, the mass will turn out to be delicate and very airy.

Cover the form with parchment, lubricate it with oil. If you have high-quality parchment, you don't have to do this. Put the apples on the bottom of the mold, sprinkle them with cinnamon (if you don't like cinnamon, skip this step) and cranberries, pour the dough over them.

Send the pie to a preheated 180 degree oven. You do not need to put the pie in a cold oven, otherwise it simply will not rise. The first 15 minutes after we put the pie, we do not open the oven for the same reason.
It takes me about 20-30 minutes to bake a charlotte in a small form. To check the readiness of the charlotte, it can be pierced with a toothpick or a wooden skewer - they should come out of the dough dry. Then let the charlotte cool down and cut into portions.