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There are many variants, but this one is the classic one. On this day it is the tradition to eat a cake called "Tortell de Reis". It is a round shaped cake filled with marzipan or whipped cream. Within the "Tortell de Reis" two hidden surprises can be found: a dried field bean, and a tiny figurine of one of the three kings.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook catalan three kings' cake using 27 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Catalan Three kings' cake:
- Prepare Sourdough
- Take 2 grams fresh yeast
- Take 90 grams bread flour
- Prepare 60 ml whole milk
- Get Dough
- Get 1 large egg
- Take 350 grams bread flour
- Get 80 granulated sugar
- Make ready 15 ml cointreau
- Get 15 ml orange flower water
- Take 7 grams fresh yeast
- Get 60 ml whole milk
- Get 70 grams unsalted butter
- Make ready Marzipan
- Get 75 grams groung almond
- Prepare 25 grams ground hazelnut
- Take 15 grams ground walnut
- Prepare 15 grams ground coconut
- Take 85 grams powdered sugar
- Take 1 egg yolk
- Make ready Topping
- Take 60 ml pomace brandy (ex. grappa)
- Take 50 grams sugar
- Prepare 1 eggs
- Take 30 grams almond
- Prepare 1 box of dried and candied fruit
- Make ready ml vegetable oil
Now, as part of the celebration, it is traditional to bake a cake (King Cake) in honor of the three kings. As part of French tradition, a bean or small china feve (favor) is hidden in the cake. The person who finds the feve in his or her slice becomes king or queen for the day. Actually, two surprises: a bean and a small figurine (normally one of the three kings).
Instructions to make Catalan Three kings' cake:
- Sourdough: Warm the milk a bit. Mix the yeast and the flour. Add the milk and knead. Let it rest (and raise) for 12 hours.
- Marzipan: mix all the ingedients, make a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap amd let it rest in the fridge for around 10-12 hours.
- Dough: mix the milk, the cointreau, the orange flower water. In another bowl mix the flour, the sourdough (must crumble it), the yeast, the sugar and the salt.
- Add the liquids and the butter (slightly melted) and kneed it. Cover it with a wet cloth amd let it rest u til it doubles its original volume.
- Press the mass down to take out the air and make a ball. Rub vegetal oil in your hands and make a hole in the middle of the ball and stretch it carefully until you have a crown. Flat the sides and put the crown on a oven-tray (covered in paper)
- Put the marzipan in the crown. Once done take the exterior side of the mass and cover the marzipan. Cover t once more with a wet cloth amd let it double its volume.
- Topping: Mix the brandy and the sugar and paint the crown. Beat the egg and paint the crown over the sugar. Put the candied fruts andthe almonds on it.
- Put in he oven for 25-30 minutes. Let it cool down before serving
The person who finds the feve in his or her slice becomes king or queen for the day. Actually, two surprises: a bean and a small figurine (normally one of the three kings). The rules of the game are as follows: the cake is cut in as many pieces as there are guests, each of whom, without looking too closely, takes a piece and bites into it. The roscón de reyes is a ring-shaped cake cooked especially to be eaten on Three Kings' Day. Inside the cake there are two items - a small king figurine, and a dry green bean.
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