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Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to 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 1/2 cup (120 ml) warm milk
- Take 4 g instant dry yeast
- Take 1 tsp sugar
- Make ready 2 tsp bread flour
- Prepare 💕For The Dough
- Prepare 4 cups (440 g) bread flour
- Take 1/4 tsp salt
- Get 50 g sugar
- Make ready 120 ml milk
- Get 3 eggs
- Prepare Zest of an orange
- Get 15 ml vanilla extract
- Prepare 1 tsp orange blossom water
- Make ready 60 g soft unsalted butter
- Prepare 💕Fillings
- Make ready 2 cups Pearl sugar (I used 80g)
- Prepare 150 g dried apricots
- Take 1/2 cups dried cranberries (soaked with 50ml Rum or orange)
- Prepare 💕For the decoration
- Make ready 1 egg yolk
- Take 30 ml milk
- Take 30 g almond flakes
- Make ready 30 g 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.". 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.
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.
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. 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. Instead of gifts from Santa Claus, the children receive them from the Reyes Magos. Rosca de Reyes around the world.
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