🍎 Chilean apple kuchen (Kuchen de manzana)

Name: Chilean apple kuchen (Kuchen de manzana)
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Chile · Southern Chile
Ingredients: 250 g flour and 1 tsp baking powder; 100 g butter, softened; 100 g sugar for the dough and 50 g for the topping; 3 eggs; 200 ml milk; 4 apples, peeled and sliced; 1 tsp cinnamon, pinch of salt

Origin: Chile · Southern Chile

336kcal

per serving · 120 g

280kcal

per 100 g

6 gProtein5 g / 100 g

12 gFat10 g / 100 g

50 gCarbs42 g / 100 g

Kuchen de manzana is a German-Chilean apple cake: a soft, buttery base topped with sliced apples and a custard-like layer of milk, egg and sugar. It is baked until golden and often dusted with cinnamon. It is served in slices with tea or coffee.

Diets

✓

Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

✓

No pork

Not veganbecause of: egg, milk

Contains glutenbecause of: flour

Contains dairybecause of: milk

Not keto42 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Eggs ⚠ Milk

What it is made of

flourappleeggsugarmilk

Recipe

8 servings70 min

Ingredients

250 g flour and 1 tsp baking powder
100 g butter, softened
100 g sugar for the dough and 50 g for the topping
3 eggs
200 ml milk
4 apples, peeled and sliced
1 tsp cinnamon, pinch of salt

Method

Rub the butter into the flour, baking powder, 100 g sugar, 1 egg and a pinch of salt to form a soft dough.
Press the dough into a greased 24 cm tin, going slightly up the sides.
Arrange the apple slices closely over the base.
Whisk the remaining 2 eggs with the milk and 50 g sugar and pour over the apples.
Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 180 °C for 40–45 minutes until the custard is set and golden.

How to make it lighter

Cut 10 or 12 slices instead of 8 for a smaller portion: each slice then has fewer than 200 kcal.
Cut the sugar in the custard by a third and add more apple and cinnamon for sweetness.
Serve with plain yogurt instead of cream to add protein.

History

Kuchen came to southern Chile with German immigrants, who settled in the lake and forest regions and shaped local baking. Today kuchen is a symbol of southern Chilean cafés and homes, made with local fruit such as apples, berries and walnuts. The apple version is among the best known.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v15. How we count →