Hello!
Wednesday 6
January is the last day of the Christmas season and traditionally the day
Christmas decorations get taken down and packed away for next year. The 12th night is the day that the
3 wise men arrived in Bethlehem, taking gifts to the baby Jesus.
The French
celebrate this day with a special cake called the ‘Galette des Rois’ (the
King’s cake).
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| From the bakeries in Castillon and Sauveterre |
This
frangipane filled cake is served up according to tradition on 6th
January. A lucky charm – known as a fève
(originally a bean, but now more often a little porcelain figure) is baked into
the cake. As story goes, the cake is
divided into enough slices as people present, and one extra, for the first poor
person that passes by. The youngest
person in the group decides who has which slice, and the person who finds the
fève is crowned king or queen for the day.
When you buy a Galette des Rois it usually comes complete with a paper
crown.
Find a recipe here - but it doesn't mention adding the fève, so just push it into the frangipane before you cover with the pastry top.
Sending you all very best wishes and hope that 2021 will bring a year of health and happiness.
Helen
Week 1
it's calm out there...
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| Our local Repair Cafe |
And finally...
Do you want to learn to make a pottery snowman (you can also put a candle in him!)? We're making them on Saturday in Sauveterre.
January and February workshops dates are available. Groups are small, generally groups of family or friends and classmates. Sanitary protocols are in place.
Family and group workshops are also going ahead, contact me for further information.
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