Happy 2018 !

Happy New Year to all !
Cook more, less war in this world ...

How about starting the year by making this delicious french Epiphany cake (Galette des rois)?
I think that my 2018 version is the best that I have ever done :)

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King cake (Galette des rois in french)

Galette des rois is a traditional french cake that is made for Epiphany (6 of January). It celebrates the arrival of the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem to visit baby Jesus. 
It is composed of a puff pastry cake, and a small charm in china, the fève, is hidden inside. The person who finds it becomes the king or the queen of the day. It is usually filled with frangipane, a cream made from sweet almonds, butter, eggs and sugar but there are several other derivatives as well at modern times.
I would like to thank Vanille, a girl of my son's class that put a recipe in their class blog and I could not resist and did it! It is so easy to make actually, check it for yourselves...


Ingredients
2 ready-made disks of puff pastry 
125 gr softened butter
125 gr sugar
125 gr ground almond
1 vanilla
2 eggs 
1 beaten egg for the top

Procedure 

1. Preheat the oven at 220 degrees of Celsius and fan.
2. Prepare the "frangipane" cream by beating first butter with sugar to get fluffy and then add the rest and continue to beat until soften.
3. Put one of the puff pastry disk on a baking sheet and lay evenly the frangipane on it leaving 2cm of the edges. 
4. Add the charm ("feve"). It is very important not to forget this part!!! Otherwise kids will be disappointed
5. Cover with the second disk. Press the edges with a small fork to seal well. 
6. Using a knife, "draw" lightly patterns on the top. 
7. Brush the last egg on top to get a nice color.
8. Bake for about 20min or until it gets crispy and a nice golden color.

 

Enjoy! And let me know what you think if you try it :) 
Here's what was left a few hours later the same day ...

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