Galette des rois will not be, because the identify implies, a Spanish deal with however a French one. Often made and loved on the feast of the Epiphany, I assumed this was second to make it.
The feast of the Epiphany, celebrated on January 6, commemorates the go to of the Three Kings, the Three Smart Males, to child Jesus in Bethlehem. In Spain, the feast is extensively celebrated, marking the tip of the Christmas season —and likewise the day when the kids obtain their presents and toys that the Three Kings, Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar, convey them.
In Spain, the feast of the Epiphany or Three Kings Day is well known nearly as extensively and largely as Christmas Day. Households get collectively once more for one final meal earlier than returning to the routine of labor and college the subsequent day. Dessert is especially particular! A cake referred to as Roscón de Reyes is shared this present day. It’s a ring formed orange blossom flavored brioche-like cake stuffed with cream or whipped cream and embellished with candied fruit and toasted almonds. Inside, a hidden figurine will convey success to the particular person whose slice of cake accommodates it.
So comfortable to be collectively!
Handel’s Messiah by the Fort Wayne Philharmonic on the Auer Efficiency Corridor of Purdue Fort Wayne
Merry Christmas from our household
Truffle stuffed yuletide log for dessert
Santa’s coming!
I wrote about this custom in a earlier publish, which you’ll be able to verify in additional element right here. I additionally shared the recipe for roscón de Reyes, so I assumed it applicable to share an analogous cake and custom, however on this case of France.
In its most conventional model, galette des rois consists of a puff pastry cake embellished with notches incised throughout its prime and browned within the oven. It’s normally stuffed with frangipane, a cream constituted of candy almonds, butter, eggs and sugar. Like roscón de Reyes, galette des rois accommodates a allure referred to as the fève, hidden inside.
This yr, and as our household grows —not in new members but, however in years!— we is not going to be celebrating the feast of the Three Kings collectively, because the older boys have work obligations and should return to their locations of residence. Nonetheless, we’ve got loved lengthy week collectively, savoring each second with scrumptious meals, wines and cocktails (our older ones are fairly the bartenders), inspiring non secular occasions (Midnight Mass on the Cathedral), video games (1000 piece puzzle accomplished!), concert events (Handel’s Messiah by the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Choir!), musicals (Hamilton!), journeys (Chicago!), films (Napoleon!), Netflix collection (All of the Gentle We Can Not See!) and usually having fun with our time collectively.
Because the yr 2023 involves an finish and we have fun the approaching of the brand new one, I can solely ask for well being, work, prosperity and world peace. Might 2024 and the Three Kings, the Three Smart Males, convey the knowledge the world so desperately wants.
GALETTE DES ROIS
Tarta de los Reyes
Components:
2 sheets puff pastry
6 Tbs butter, softened
2/3 cups icing sugar
2/3 cups almond flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 giant eggs, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 small figurine, for the allure
Within the bowl of a rise up mixer, beat the butter with the icing sugar till creamy. Add the almond flour and the salt and blend properly. Then add one egg and the white of the opposite one (reserve the yolk for later). Combine properly till integrated. Add the vanilla extract and blend till blended with the remainder of the components. Cowl and refrigerate the combination for not less than 1 hour.
In a small bowl, combine the remaining yolk with 1 Tbs chilly water. Beat to combine, cowl and refrigerate.
Thaw puff pastry in accordance with directions on field. On a evenly floured floor, lengthen one of many puff pastry sheets. Lower out the corners to kind a circle and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Comply with the identical course of with the second puff pastry sheet.
Unfold the filling over the dough on the cookie sheet, leaving a 1-inch border uncovered. Flippantly press the allure on the filling. Moisten the border of the dough with chilly water, place the second circle of puff pastry on prime and press the perimeters to seal. With a butter knife, scallop the perimeters by evenly urgent into the dough. Refrigerate for half-hour.
Warmth the oven to 425ºF.
Brush a skinny layer of the yolk glaze over the galette, avoiding the border so the glaze doesn’t drip down the rim (in any other case the galette gained’t rise). With the tip of a paring knife, etch a design on the highest of the galette (I began within the heart and drew a fan). Lower 5 or 6 small slits on the galette as steam vents.
Flip the warmth all the way down to 400ºF and bake the galette for 20 minutes, checking after quarter-hour. The galette ought to puff up and be deeply golden (bake a couple of minutes longer if essential).
Take away from the oven and let cool for not less than 20 minutes (the galette will deflate barely).
Serve heat or at room temperature.
