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Žemlovka (apple and bread gratin)

Žemlovka is a Czech gratin of apples and stale small bread rolls, flavored with cinnamon and lemon. It is served lukewarm as a dessert, with whipped cream or custard.

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Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Butter a baking dish.
  2. Slice the bread rolls thinly and soak them in the warm milk for 10 minutes.
  3. Peel and cut the apples into thin slices. Sprinkle them with lemon juice to keep them from browning.
  4. In a bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Stir in the still-warm milk the bread soaked in.
  5. Melt the butter. Layer bread at the bottom of the dish, then a layer of apples, then the raisins if using.
  6. Repeat the layers, finishing with bread. Pour the egg mixture over the top and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
  7. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the top is golden and the apples are tender.
  8. Let it cool for 10 minutes before serving, sprinkled with lemon zest.

Variations and tips

Walnut version. Add 50 g of chopped walnuts over the apple layer.

Using what's easy to find here. Czech bread rolls (houska) are easily replaced with a stale baguette.

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