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Catalan Three kings' cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Catalan Three kings' cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Catalan Three kings' cake maa-chan Spain. 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.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook catalan three kings' cake using 27 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Catalan Three kings' cake:
- Make ready Sourdough
- Get 2 grams fresh yeast
- Make ready 90 grams bread flour
- Get 60 ml whole milk
- Make ready Dough
- Make ready 1 large egg
- Make ready 350 grams bread flour
- Prepare 80 granulated sugar
- Get 15 ml cointreau
- Prepare 15 ml orange flower water
- Take 7 grams fresh yeast
- Take 60 ml whole milk
- Get 70 grams unsalted butter
- Make ready Marzipan
- Take 75 grams groung almond
- Prepare 25 grams ground hazelnut
- Take 15 grams ground walnut
- Prepare 15 grams ground coconut
- Get 85 grams powdered sugar
- Get 1 egg yolk
- Get Topping
- Make ready 60 ml pomace brandy (ex. grappa)
- Get 50 grams sugar
- Take 1 eggs
- Get 30 grams almond
- Prepare 1 box of dried and candied fruit
- Make ready ml vegetable oil
As the name suggests, the "king cake" takes its name from the biblical three kings and is a traditional desert consumed by the majority of Catalan families on Three Kings Day. Rosca de reyes (Kings' Cake) is a traditional Spanish cake with an amazing story. This is also known as the religious holiday the Epiphany, a day where Christians celebrate the Son of God taking on human form as baby Jesus. The roscón de reyes is a ring-shaped cake cooked especially to be eaten on Three Kings' Day.
Steps 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
This is also known as the religious holiday the Epiphany, a day where Christians celebrate the Son of God taking on human form as baby Jesus. 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. When the cake is served, everyone checks their piece to find out whether they have either object. La Mona de Pascua - A Catalan traditional Cake This is the story of a Mona that wasn't convinced enough to become a Mona.
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