Recipe : Galette des Rois - Discover Paris and more!

On the 6th of January, we celebrate Epiphany in France, with the famous Galette des Rois!

There are many traditions around this date, but the most popular one is making a Galette des Rois. This is a type of pie that hides a little gift/charm (called a “fève” – bean) inside. Some people say that if you’re the one who finds the gift, you have to bring the next Galette (sometimes you eat a galette per day), others just keep the small gift in their wallet and it’s supposed to bring you good luck and money!

It’s so delicious and super easy to make!

Here’s our recipe…

Ingredients

2 puff pastries
1 vanilla pod
125g of almond powder
125 g of butter
125 g of icing sugar
2 egg yolks and 1 full egg

Steps

Prepare the stuffing

1 Choose a bowl
2 Open the vanilla pod and extract what's inside. Add it to the bowl.
3 Add the almond powder, butter, icing sugar and the eggs (and yolks)
4 Mix everything together

Build the Galette

1 Switch on the oven. Roll out the puff pastry
2 Take a fork and prick it.
3 Put the stuffing onto the pastry. Make sure to keep about one inch free on each side to be able to close the Galette.
4 Add the "fève" in the stuffing, (not in the center though, so you'll be able to cut the pie) and make sure that it is able to fit in the oven.
5 Roll out the second puff pastry and put it on the top.
6 Stick the two sides of the puff pastries by pressing them together
7 Draw the details that you want on the top. Bake for 25 minutes in the oven at 195° celsius (around 380° Fahrenheit)

Et voilà!

If you liked the Galette des Rois recipe, stay tuned! There will be more French recipes in the next few days!

Ingredients

Steps

Prepare the stuffing

Build the Galette

Et voilà!

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