What is hidden inside a galette des rois?
The galette des rois is a cake traditionally shared at Epiphany, on 6 January. Composed of a puff pastry cake, with a small charm, the fève, hidden inside, it is usually filled with frangipane, a cream made from sweet almonds, butter, eggs and sugar.
What is the traditional galette des rois made of?
puff pastry
A galette des rois is made of an irresistibly creamy almond filling sandwiched between two flaky, buttery layers of puff pastry. The ingredients for almond cream all go into a food processor to blend, and then the paste is spread onto store-bought puff pastry, making this impressive cake simple to put together.
What is special about galette des rois?
A Galette des rois is a puffed pastry cake often filled with frangipane (a filling made from or flavoured with almonds). A charm, called ‘fève’ is then hidden inside. Whoever finds the charm in their piece of galette is crowned king or queen for the night.
What is galette des rois eating?
The galette des rois, celebrating Epiphany, the day the Three Kings (les rois) visited the infant Jesus, is baked throughout January in France. Composed of two circles of puff pastry sandwiching a frangipani filling, each comes with a crown and always has a trinket, called a fève, or bean, baked into it.
What is a fève in a galette des rois?
A Galette des Rois is comprised of a top and bottom layer of puff pastry, with a filling made from ground almonds (called a frangipane). Hidden inside the Galette des Rois is a bean or small trinket (called a fève), and whoever discovers this inside their slice is crowned king or queen for the day.
Whose Galette does not contain a fève and why?
It is an ongoing part of a tradition dating back to Roman times that the person who finds this fève inside their piece of galette becomes ‘king for a day’. Indeed, since the Presidency of Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, galettes served in the Élysée Palace have used these royal-neutral names, and contain no fèves.
Is galette served hot or cold?
These galettes, as they are usually known, can be made as individual pastries or as one large pizza-like dessert to be cut in wedges. Sometimes the fruit is baked on the pastry. And the ones with baked fruit can be served warm or at room temperature.
How do you eat galette des rois?
Serving Traditions Tradition dictates that when serving galette des rois, the entire cake should be divided such that each guest receives a slice, plus an extra, symbolic slice for any unexpected visitor, or poor person, that should pass by.