Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, roscón de reyes - spanish christmas cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake is something which I have loved my entire life.
This is the day that families get together for a huge feast, unwrap presents (brought by the Three Wise Men/Kings), and head out to watch a parade of elaborately-decorated floats. Great recipe for Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake. Roscón means "cake in the shape of a crown" and de reyes means "kings", which gives us "crown of the kings".
To begin with this 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
- Prepare warm milk
- Prepare instant dry yeast
- Make ready sugar
- Prepare bread flour
- Prepare 💕For The Dough
- Prepare bread flour
- Get salt
- Take sugar
- Get milk
- Take eggs
- Prepare Zest of an orange
- Make ready vanilla extract
- Get orange blossom water
- Make ready soft unsalted butter
- Make ready 💕Fillings
- Take Pearl sugar (I used 80g)
- Make ready dried apricots
- Prepare dried cranberries (soaked with 50ml Rum or orange)
- Prepare 💕For the decoration
- Get egg yolk
- Prepare milk
- Get almond flakes
- Get pearl sugar
Roscón De Reyes - Spain's Christmas Cake. 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.". 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?
Steps 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.
And unfortunately I don't, I am not very good at baking (at eating cake I am brilliant though). 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. This upbeat Epiphany carol captures the spirit of the celebration well.
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