Today’s recipe is possibly the only one I can think of that requires an item of clothing or an accessory to accompany it. France’s Galette des Rois is traditionally served on January 6 for the Feast of the Epiphany marking the end of twelve days of Christmas.
It comprises two puff pastry layers with a filling of frangipane topped with a shiny sugar glaze. Traditionally a coin or china trinket is hidden in the Galette and whoever wears it is king for a day wearing the gold paper crown. In France you can buy these crowns but I had to make my own out of left over wrapping paper.
The galette is very very easy to make although I had a little trouble with the glaze. Possibly I will be spending some of my Christmas Amazon credit from my father on a cook’s blow torch. Jamie had warned that the icing sugar glaze had to be watched like a hawk lest it suddenly burn… after the prescribed five minutes I kept testing mine every 60 seconds but by the time areas were on the cusp of smoking, there were still some patches of un-caramelized icing sugar.
A quick carefully directed blast would have sorted it all out.
Getting the crown to stay on Ted’s head took a while. We had lots of shots like this one before I managed to catch him keeping still long enough to show him with it on his head.
I’m still enjoying my blog break so there’s no printed recipe today.
I hope everyone is enjoying the new year… I am reading even if I’m not posting so much this month. Hopefully soon I will be able to unveil my new Recipe Index. Wishing you all the best of luck with your new year projects and I hope to see you all here again soon.
You’ve had the French Three Kings Cake, now try Spain’s equivalent, Rosca de Reyes which is also served for Epiphany on 6 January.
YAY!!! I am so glad you made this and I think it is perfect! It looks so delicious! I also still have problems getting the top to brown perfectly but it still tastes scrumptious! And Ted is adorable and I love the thrilled look on his face! Pretty darn great crown, you ask me. Thanks for sharing, babes! xo
Well done on your “chart success” ;o) Very well deserved. And love the pics – T looks positively ecstatic about the galette!
Thank you… yes I think he was.
I love the paper crown. My teens went to a ‘cake party’ on the 6th and came home wearing them. They described the ceremony and I realised that it was a Gallette des Rois (their friends are French – duh!). Looking forward to the recipe index unveiling.