Galette des rois: the traditional recipe of frangipani and its variations for all tastes

Good, The cake of kingsYou usually love her or leave her. Not everyone is a fan of puff pastry or frangipane, but it’s still an essential dessert that should remind you of many childhood snacks. If, like me, you never had la fève as a kid, today you can take your revenge: cook yourself a galette all for yourself, for Epiphany day on January 6, 2023, or the first Sunday of the year, or whenever you want , in real life!

The recipe for the real and traditional galette des rois

Pastry chef Christelle Huet-Gomez, who runs the Once Upon a Time in Pastry blog and YouTube channel of the same name, shared the traditional recipe on video:

The ingredients of the galette des rois frangipane

– 2 puff pastry

– Custard :

• 15 cl of whole milk
• 1 vanilla pod (optional)
• 2 egg yolks
• 25 g of granulated sugar
• 15 g of corn starch
• 5 g of flour
• 10 g of butter

– Almonds cream:

• 2 eggs
• 125 g of ground almonds
• 100 g of granulated sugar
• 100 g of softened butter
• 1 cork of rum

– Final syrup

• 1 egg yolk
• 4 cl of water
• 40 g of granulated sugar

Variants of the galette des rois for the Epiphany

Because the galette accepts almost all possible variations!

• Youtuber La Petite Okara offers a delicious vegan version:

• Chocolate/orange version : a bit like Pim’s, chocolate and orange go very well together.
• Apple version : there are a lot of apple galettes des rois on the shelves now (it’s a bit of a sacrilege in my opinion, but whatever). The Youtuber Hervé Cuisine also offers an apple-almond variant that is very easy to reproduce thanks to his video.

• Chocolate, coconut and pear version : ok, we’re moving away from the almond, but the association can’t be bad. Of course, without pear, it works too! It’s a bounty cake.
• Pineapple/coconut version : quite exotic, this version will appeal to lovers of very fruity desserts!
• Caramelized dried fruit version : a slightly “old-fashioned” version that will go divinely with hot tea!

And you, are you going to eat galettes for the epiphany?