Easy French Dessert : Galette des Rois or Kings Cake – Updated version

Here is a super easy and fast recipe.

Galette des Rois – Epiphany Kings cake. – UPDATED 01/16/22

2 Puff pastry sheets thawed

1 cup icing sugar

6 Tbsp unsalted butter at room temperature

2 eggs + 1 egg for eggwash

1 cup almond meal

¼ cup cornstarch

¼ cup sugar 2 organic clementines or mandarins zest and juice

1. Preheat oven at 395 F
2. Line a cooking sheet with parchment paper.
3. On a floured surface stretch each pastry dough and make a large circle about  9-10 “ and return them to the fridge until you use them. Place the dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
4. In a large bowl mix sugar and almond meal, mix well, add cornstarch and butter you may need your fingers to mix well everything.
5. Add two eggs beaten, mix well to incorporate all ingredients. Add the clementine/madarins zest and juice. mix well, with a pastry bag add the mixture on the dough from center to out like a snail shape.
6. Place the almond-sugar-eggs-butter mixture over the sheet up to 3 “ on the border.
7. Place a token or a dried bean anywhere on the almond mixture.
8. Mix the last egg with one teaspoon of water in a small bowl.
9. Brush with egg/water around the almond mixture leaving 1 inch plain.
10. Place the second round sheet on the first one pressing and sealing well .
11. With a knife inversed trace some lines to make patterns
12. With a pastry brush,  brush the top of the pie with the egg/water mixture.
13. Bake between 25-30 minutes until the pie-galette is golden

Enjoy and Bon appetit mes amis!