Menu du jour galette rois : 8 Recipes


  • Recipe Galette des Rois
    Galette des Rois
    In France, we celebrate Epiphany (a religious festival to celebrate the visit of the Magi in Bethlehem, after the birth of Jesus Christ) with a ?Galette des Rois?, which means King?s cake, in which a tiny porcelain figurine, called ?fève? (which[...]
  • Recipe A Citrusy Galette des Rois
    A Citrusy Galette des Rois
    I cannot wait. That is, to sink my teeth into all things buttery, yeasty and good. Yep it's less than 2 weeks til I leave for des vacances in France and I'm feeling antsy to get going. I swear I must be hallucinating 'cos I hear all those baguettes[...]
  • Recipe A galette des rois for an epiphany
    A galette des rois for an epiphany
    It's a new year, and I am in search of an epiphany (is that asking too much of 2011?). At this point, I have been so busy and hasty that even baking a simple galette des rois becomes problematic! You need to be very careful when sealing the edges of[...]
  • Recipe Galette des Rois à la Nouvelle Angleterre
    Galette des Rois à la Nouvelle Angleterre
      In my last post I shared Chef Marty Yaffee ?s delicious recipe for Three Kings Cake (Galette des Rois), along with photos of Marty at work on his creation.   The French eat the Galette des Rois not just on Three Kings[...]
  • Recipe Galette des rois aux 8 trésors ? 8 treasures in kings? pie
    Galette des rois aux 8 trésors ? 8 treasures in kings? pie
    For the jour des rois , the day of the Kings, the French custom is to share a galette pie with family, or any group of friends, coworkers, student. A token is hidden inside. The person finding it will the King for a year. King of what ?[...]
  • Recipe The Last Gasp of Christmas
    The Last Gasp of Christmas
    Marty at Work (Courtesy of Deborah Yaffee)   The New Year has arrived, and like everyone else I know I?m making an effort to eat a little more lightly.   Once the cream in the refrigerator is used up it will not be replaced.[...]
  • Recipe if frangipane be the food of love, play on
    if frangipane be the food of love, play on
    The first time I tasted a galette des rois, I had an epiphany.   Oh gosh. Do you see what I did there? Sorry, I won’t try that again. But whether you call it an epiphany, a discovery, or a revelation, I was on to something. ?This[...]
  • Recipe Galette des Rois/ Twelfth Night Cake
    Galette des Rois/ Twelfth Night Cake
     This is the frangipan pastry cake I mentioned yesterday , wherein a bean lies hidden, to be discovered by one lucky person who received it in their slice, and then gets to be king for the day, and can boss everyone about rather[...]



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