Friday, January 21, 2005
Galette des Rois
My first Galette des Rois of the year this evening
Traditionally the French celebrate La Fête des Rois (Festival of the Kings, or Epiphany) by eating a special dessert, a Galette des Rois. Normally it's frangipan (almond paste) but we also have a version with an apple filling. I prefer the apple. The galettes are absolutely delicious, but very fattening (like everything nice).
The Galette comes with a paper crown and a small porcelain fève baked inside the pie. In our house the galette is cut up into equal (or nearly equal!) pieces and the youngest member of the family (that's Hugh) goes under the table and calls out who should have each piece. The person who finds fève the is crowned the king/queen for the day and wears the crown.
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Galette des Rois
