Constance the lovely Au Pair is back from her holiday in France. She has brought back a Galette des rois (a sort puff pastry pie with a frangipane filling). We warmed it up, cut it in 4 - you cannot have leftovers with a King's pie as you have to make sure somebody gets the "fève" so you can make them king for the day. The boy closed his eyes and shouted out loud who should have which piece (in some families, the youngest goes under the table to perform the task). Constance got the "fève" (in this instance a small ceramic dolphin). As the queen she chose The Boy for King. Constance admitted she was a bit sick of galette by now as she has littel brothers who all wanted to make sure they were kings before she left so she had to eat a large number of portions at the week-end. I suppose if I get my act together I could make a kings' cake at the week end for a change. Not sure about the lurid colours of the icing. Maybe milk, dark and white chocolate would be a good alternative.
It's Epiphany... yummy!
6.1.04 21:25
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(6.1.04 23:04) Wish I'd looked here earlier I will just have to make one next year |
