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Let’s bake a French pastry only in January in my tiny Parisian kitchen#kitchen #pastry #chef #recipe
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Let’s bake a French pastry only in January in my tiny Parisian kitchen#kitchen #pastry #chef #recipe

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  1. @ainsleydurose

    Happy Galette des Rois season! In France to celebrate Epiphany in January, you enjoy a galette des rois, a pastry made of puff pastry and frangipane!

    I’m in Brittany at the moment, and filming a lil vlog while here and going to make another galette des rois, so stay tuned to see the whole process of making a galette des rois on my YouTube channel!

    (And you can find all the tools, ingredients, outfit, similar vintage plates and bowls, etc etc linked in my linktree link in my bio!!)

    A galette des rois is simple and yet so delicious. Previous years I've been a little more creative with the filling or design, but this year I wanted to stick to the traditional 🥰

    You also put a small figurine/feve or almond inside, and whoever gets a slice with that is made king or queen for the day and wears a crown. Actually every year I make one, I always forget to put the feve inside, but this year I put way too many sticky notes everywhere to remind myself😂

    Of course, you can use premade puff pastry, but here’s my recipe (and my rough puff pastry recipe can be found on my latest youtube video!) . Contrary to what you may hear about puff pastry, it's not that difficult at all! But it does take lots of time and patience and really good butter that’s high in fat- at least 82% fat content!

    Galette des rois (for a 20 cm that serves about 6 people )

    Puff pastry
    300 grams plain flour or t55
    140 grams cold water
    60 grams melted butter
    7 grams of salt
    3 grams of vinegar
    200 grams butter

    Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, except the 200 grams of butter, and mix till combined evenly. Flatten into a rectangle about 20x/40cm thick and place in fridge.
    Put the 200 g of butter into parchment and roll out into a square about 20×20 cm.
    Make sure the butter and dough are the same consistency. The dough should be cold but pliable, and the butter should be cold and also able to bend without breaking.

    Place butter into middle of dough, then cover the butter with the dough, making sure to seal the seam, then roll out the dough till it's about 0.5cm thick, fold the dough in 1/3 like a letter, then cover with plastic and place in fridge for at least 1-2hours. Repeat this process of rolling out and folding 4 more times for a total of 5 simple turns. Leave dough over night to rest.
    Next day roll out dough to a rectangle of 0.3 cm thick, place in fridge while working on filling.

    Frangipane (classic version uses 50 grams of pastry cream added to this, but this is a simple version!)
    50 grams of softened butter
    50 grams of sugar
    50 grams of egg – about 1 egg
    60 grams of almond flour
    Pinch of salt
    Optional – splash of rum and /or dash of vanilla extract/ almond extract
    Whisk the butter and sugar, add the egg and salt, and whisk till combined. Then add the almond flour and optional ingredients and mix to combine. Place in a piping bag.

    Cut out 2 20cm circle of puff pastry and brush water around the outside of one pastry, then pipe filling leaving a 3cm border, and place your fève . Cover with other pastry on top , making sure there se no air bubbles. Place in fridge and preheat oven to 190C.

    Brush with egg wash on top, make design with toothpick or top of knife- you’re just trying to every so slightly and not make a cut into the dough.

    Bake for 30 minutes or until it is golden brown on top and sides.

    Voilà et bon appétit!

  7. @Katerina-i9y

    Beautiful work of art – I'm repeating myself but I can't help it. Again and again. I love that joyful window into this soothing good world full of colourful pictures, human crafts, all the unsuspected scents… Thanks again, Ainsley, for all the moments of pure joy.

  18. @malcolmhart1795

    Ah, a cake to celebrate Epiphany, with the visit of the Kings to find Jesus in the house with his mother Mary or, the Journey of the Magi to the house where the young child was. How lovely to bake a special cake to commemorate the event. And how beautifully it turned out – very well done by the patissière! 😊

  27. @jgirl8008

    Am I the only one thinking what happened to the rest of your dough? Hope you didn’t throw it away.

  29. @LilyImali

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉subscribed, thank you my dear friend 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

  33. @tknrgnome

    And I thought that my kitchen was small! lol! 😂 You do amazing things in your quaint little kitchen! This pastry you're making looks absolutely delicious! I bet it would taste super delicious with a great cup of coffee. I wish I could come over and enjoy it with you and your friends. Maybe someday I'll be able to go to Paris. It's truly a beautiful place and I'm sure I would love the people, food and culture. Thanks for sharing your friendly videos with all of us! God bless you Ainsley and I wish you and all Parisians a very blessed, safe and positive 2026! All the best to you all!😊 🇺🇸 🇲🇫 🥐

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