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The galette des rois, celebrating Epiphany, the day the Three Kings (les rois) visited the infant Jesus, is baked throughout January in France. Composed of two circles of puff pastry sandwiching a frangipani filling, each comes with a crown and always has a trinket, called a fève, or bean, baked into it. It’s an invitation to gather, as much party game as pastry – if your slice has the fève, you get the crown and the right to be king or queen for the day. Happily, the galette can be made to fit your schedule. The pastry circles can be cut, covered and refrigerated ahead of time as can the almond filling (it will keep for up to 3 days). And the whole construction can be made early in the day and baked when you’re ready for it. Tuck a bean or whole almond into the filling — warn your guests! — and, if there are children in the house, put them to work crafting a crown.
Ingredients
  • subheading: FOR THE FILLING:
  • 6 tablespoons (85 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • ¾ cup (85 grams) confectioners’ sugar
  • ¾ cup (85 grams) almond flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon rum (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • subheading: TO ASSEMBLE:
  • 2 9 ½-inch-diameter circles puff-pastry dough (from a 14- to 17-ounce package; 396 to 482 grams), cold
  • 1 whole almond or dried bean, for the charm
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