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And the prize part of the feast is the roscón de reyes, or Kings' Cake. Roscón de Reyes is the quintessential Spanish holiday treat! This once-a-year dessert is made of an oval-shaped sweet yeasted bread, similar to brioche.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook roscón de reyes - spanish christmas cake using 24 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake:
- Prepare Preferment
- Get 1/2 cup (120 ml) warm milk
- Make ready 4 g instant dry yeast
- Get 1 tsp sugar
- Get 2 tsp bread flour
- Make ready 💕For The Dough
- Get 4 cups (440 g) bread flour
- Take 1/4 tsp salt
- Make ready 50 g sugar
- Make ready 120 ml milk
- Prepare 3 eggs
- Take Zest of an orange
- Get 15 ml vanilla extract
- Make ready 1 tsp orange blossom water
- Prepare 60 g soft unsalted butter
- Get 💕Fillings
- Prepare 2 cups Pearl sugar (I used 80g)
- Take 150 g dried apricots
- Get 1/2 cups dried cranberries (soaked with 50ml Rum or orange)
- Get 💕For the decoration
- Get 1 egg yolk
- Prepare 30 ml milk
- Take 30 g almond flakes
- Get 30 g pearl sugar
Here in Spain, it's not usual to bake a Christmas cake, but there is one cake that every household will enjoy over the Christmas period - the Roscón de Reyes, or "The ring of the Kings.". In Spain and across the Spanish-speaking world, it's Roscón de reyes or rosca de reyes. Epiphany, or the feast of the three kings, is special in Spain. Traditionally, that's when Spanish children receive their gifts, delivered by the Magi rather than Father Christmas.
Instructions to make Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake:
- In a smaller bowl, Stir the yeast into the lukewarm milk & flour. Cover & let it double in size. (1)
- For the dough: In a standing mixing bowl with a dough hook, add flour, sugar, salt & (1), milk, eggs. Mix for about 10 minutes until the dough becomes fluffy. Meanwhile put orange zest, vanilla, butter and knead well until the dough is smooth & elastic. To enhance orange flavor, add a tsp of orange blossom water. Place the dough in a bowl, cover and leave in a moderately warm place to double in size.
- Turn the dough out onto a surface and knead for 3-4 minutes. - Flour the surface and roll the dough out to about 60 cm x 12 cm (24"x 5"). Sprinkle sugar, dried apricots, cranberries. Roll the dough very carefully. With a knife, cut the dough in half. Put one side over & over & make like a braid.
- Transfer the dough into a greased pan. Let the dough rest about 30 minutes then brush with egg mixture. Sprinkle pearl sugar on top of it.
- Preheat the oven at 170oC. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 25-30 minutes – check after 15 minutes and cover with aluminum foil if the top gets too dark. The roscón should get a nice golden color on top. Take out of the oven and let cool down completely. Best served warm.
This upbeat Epiphany carol captures the spirit of the celebration well. Thermomix Roscón de Reyes / Roscón de Pascua (Spanish Christmas or Easter cake) is traditional of both Christmas and Easter. Come December every year, I am always asked the same question: do you know a good recipe for Roscón de Reyes? And unfortunately I don't, I am not very good at baking (at eating cake I am brilliant though). Dia de Reyes or simply Reyes is the day when children in Spain receive gifts from the Reyes Magos-Wise Men or Magi—the three kings who brought baby Jesus gifts.
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