Today is January 6th and we have some French people coming for coffee this morning so I HAD to produce a Galette des Rois. They were sold out in both the baker and the supermarket yesterday by the time I got there so I had to make one myself.
Here is the rough recipe.
You need two circles of Puff Pastry about 12″ in diameter. Bake one blind until dry brown and crisp. Into a magimix throw 200g chunks of butter, 200g Caster Sugar, 3 eggs and 200 g Ground almonds and whizz.Paint the edges of the bottom sheet then spread the almond mix in the centre. Put down the second sheet. Fork all the way around. Score the top and then paint that with egg. Cook at 180 C for about 45 mts.
You should put in one or two beans in the mix if you want to be traditional. Voila!