Saturday, January 8, 2011

La Fete Des Rois (Three Kings Day)

In France, the Catholic holiday of the Epiphany is celebrated with a special pastry called galette des rois. The pastry is made out of puff pastry filled with almond paste (frangipan) and a small toy is baked inside. Bakeries all over France sell the galette des rois with a paper crown on top.  Whoever finds the toy in their piece of the pastry becomes the king for the day and wears the paper crown.

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  1. UnknownJanuary 8, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    Like the tradition, extends the holiday. It also sounds yummy!

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  2. UnknownJanuary 8, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    MMMM-MMMM good. Almond paste is one of my favorites. Maybe next year when I do Christmas (holidays)around the world I'll have to do France instead of Italy. La Bafana is getting a little old. My students would love to be king for a day.

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