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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal0
  • fat0g
  • saturates0g
  • carbs0g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre0g
  • protein0g
  • salt0g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oven to 200C/fanC180/gas 6.

  • step 2

    Divide the ready-made puff pastry in half, roll out each piece and cut into a 25cm round. Put one round on a baking sheet and spread with the apricot jam to within 2cm of the edges.

  • step 3

    Beat together the softened butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in the egg. Stir in the ground almonds and cognac or dark rum.

  • step 4

    Spoon the mixture over the jam, spreading it evenly. Brush the edges of the pastry with water, then cover with the second piece, pressing the edges to seal. Mark the top of the pastry from the centre to the edges like the spokes of a wheel or in a zig zag pattern, then brush with beaten egg.

  • step 5

    Bake for 25-30 mins until crisp and golden. Serve warm or cold.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2008

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A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.22 ratings

Smallpaul

Nice, but the brandy doesn’t really come through, needs at least double.

gster

For my school, this would need to be nut-free. Any ideas as to how I could replace the almond powder but keep a good flavour?

kathiegaddCrQpE6-7

You definitely need to include a feve (bean) for a proper galette des rois. The feve is traditionally a little ceramic character but a small (clean) coin would work. The person who gets the feve in their piece is 'king' for the day and gets to choose their 'queen' and the others have to follow the…

Jenny_robertson

Absolutely delicious!!! and so simple to make.....I reduced the sugar slightly to 85g and instead of adding rum I mixed in 2 tablespoons of fresh orange juice...... My whole family loved this one, will be making again....

csdbwhiteQslKjSUb

tip

Since I did not have any cognac or rum I used an almond liqueur, if you are in a similar situation you made the same sort of thing.

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