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Epiphany: the origins of the Feast of Kings

ing Jesus' redemptive suffering, and the last incense, a symbol of divinity. In France, it is traditional to 'pull the kings', that is, to share a galette to designate the king of the day. The guest who finds the bean (real or replaced by a figurine) hidden in the galette des rois is crowned. ...

13
Dec
2007

Bean collecting or fabophily: definition and history

vophilia or fabophilia, includes building up entire sets of beans on a single theme or seeking out rare designs. From a simple vegetable bean, the Galette des rois bean has become a real collector's item, which can be Gilded with 24-carat fine gold or declined in an infinite number of shapes. ...

08
Jan
2008

The Kings' Cake: An Easy Recipe

Ingredients Here are the necessary ingredients to make a King's cake for 6 people: 260 g of flour. 20 g of fresh yeast or 1 packet of baker's yeast. 8 cl of milk. 1 egg. 50 g of sugar. 1 pinch of salt. the zest of an untreated lemon or orange. 40 g of soft butter. 150 g of Candied fruits. 1 egg yo ...

05
Jan
2011

The chocolate tangerine king cake: a vegan recipe

Ingredients Here are the ingredients needed to make Chocolate tangerine galette des rois for 6 to 8 people: 2 rolls of puff pastry 6 mandarins 2 packets of vanilla sugar 150 g dark Chocolate for baking 75 ml almond milk 100 g almond powder pinch of salt a pinch of cinnamon 2 tablespoons ...

05
Jan
2022

Covid-19 : how to do a self-test ?

ere are several cases in which one can perform a Covid-19 self-test, including: - As a precaution before meeting up with loved ones to share the galette des Rois, for example - when you are in contact with a complete vaccination schedule - as part of school screening for children who ...

10
Jan
2022

Potato pancakes: Cyril Lignac's recipe

hape by themselves. 5- After a few minutes, flip the patties over and cook about 2 minutes on the other side. To note: if you find making small galettes too time consuming or complicated, follow Cyril Lignac's cooking method. Pour the potato mixture directly into the pan. Level its surface to ...

14
Jan
2022

Candlemas: 5 things to know about buckwheat pancakes

de of buckwheat While in everyday language we speak indifferently of salted or sweet 'crepes', in Brittany we make the distinction between crepes and galettes. Pancakes are eaten rather sweet and are prepared with white flour or wheat flour. On the other hand, Breton galettes are eaten rather ...

28
Jan
2022

The king's cake with speculoos: a gourmet recipe

a fine powder. Reserve the cookie powder for the rest of the recipe. It will replace some of the sugar and butter in the filling of this speculoos galette des rois. Preparation of the filling 1- Melt the butter in a saucepan and let it cool. 2- Separate the egg and keep the yolk for gildin ...

11
Jan
2023

Bourg-en-Bresse: 5 good reasons to visit this town in Ain

esse). On site, you can discover the wines of the Bugey valleys, typical of the Ain department, and taste the most iconic pastry of the area, the famous galette bressane. This pastry specialty, made of a soft leavened dough, thick fresh cream, and sugar, is baked to a golden finish. It can be enjoy ...

08
Nov
2024