Apple Charlotte | Emerils.com

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons clarified butter
• 4 pounds Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and medium diced
• Salt
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon
• Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
• 1 cup apricot jam
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons dark rum or cognac
• 12 slices brioche bread, about 1/2-inch thick and the crusts removed
• 2 cups whipped cream
• Shaker confectionersí sugar
• 8 sprigs fresh mint