King's cake with frangipane
Ingredients
For the puff pastry:
- 200 g of wheat flour
- 50 g of amber spent grain flour
- 250 g of butter
- 15 g of sugar
- 90 g of water
- 2 g of salt
For the frangipani:
- 125 g of sugar
- 60 g of butter
- 2 eggs
- 150 g of almond powder
- 5 g of bitter almond flavor
- To brown the galette: an egg yolk, 5 cl of milk and a spoonful of honey
Preparation
“Quick” method puff pastry :
- In a robot with a sheet: mix the flour, the cold butter cut into pieces, the salt and the sugar.
- Add the water and mix until a dough forms, without overmixing, lumps of butter remain visible.
- Film and chill for 1 hour.
- Roll out the dough and form a rectangle 60x15 cm wide.
- Fold the upper third inwards then cover with the lower third.
- Turn a quarter turn to the right.
- Repeat this simple turn 4 times, refrigerating the dough between two turns if necessary.
Frangipane :
- Soften the butter, whip it with the sugar and the almond powder.
- Add the bitter almond aroma.
- Add the two eggs and mix.
Assembly :
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Roll out the dough and cut out two circles (one slightly larger than the other).
- Pipe the frangipane on the small circle, leaving 2cm free on the edges
- Moisten the edges and place the second circle on top, pressing to seal the edges.
- Freeze for 10 mins or chill for 20 mins.
- Flip the cake over and brown it.
- Cool before putting a second layer of gilding and making incisions with the tip of the knife.
- Place in the oven and lower the oven temperature to 180°C, cook for 25-30 min.