Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, roscón de reyes. (three kings cake). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This date commemorates the visit the Three Wise Men made to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. In Mexico, the day is a gift-giving holiday. Tradition states this bread be served, garnished with the "jewels" of fruit and nuts. 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.
Roscón de reyes. (Three kings cake) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Roscón de reyes. (Three kings cake) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have roscón de reyes. (three kings cake) using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Roscón de reyes. (Three kings cake):
- Get dough mixture
- Get 125 ml sunflower oil
- Take 125 grams melted butter or margerine
- Get 8 tbsp granulated sugar (heaped)
- Take 4 eggs
- Make ready 1 lemon zest
- Make ready 1 orange zest
- Prepare 1 1/4 kg strong white flour
- Take 1 tbsp orange blossom water
- Get 2 cup semi-skimmed milk
- Take 28 grams fast action dried yeast (4x7g sachets)
- Take decoration of the cake
- Take 1 egg beaten
- Take 300 grams glaced or candied fruits, glaced cherries
Whoever finds the bean, according to tradition, can expect to receive coal rather than presents from the Kings. This delicious cake is eaten with hot chocolate on the night of Epiphany when the Three Kings arrive and leave gifts for children. Whoever finds the Christ Child figure in the cake is crowned and becomes the 'king' or 'queen' of the banquet. Whoever finds the bean has to pay for next year's roscón.
Instructions to make Roscón de reyes. (Three kings cake):
- Mix sugar and softened butter together. Add whisked eggs, oil, lemon and orange rind, orange blossom and one cup of milk.
- The second cup of milk can be warmed slightly and mixed with the yeast to activate. Add to the rest of ingredients. You will get quite a sloppy mixture.
- Add flour to mixture and when mixed well knead on a worktop for a few minutes until firm and elastic.
- Leave to rest covered with a cloth (or lid) for 1-2hours near a warm area like radiator or a warmish oven. Dough needs to raise to more than double its volume.
- Knead again on the table and give the shape of a huge doughnut with a large hole. Should be able to get 3 units.
- Place in a lined or oiled oven tray where they need to rest to raise again. I prefer decorating before they are proved so that I don't knock the air out.
- Once raised brush them with egg.
- Bake on a medium oven. I chose 160 C (fan) for about 20-30 minutes or until golden. If I bake 2 together I may switch shelves at 14 minutes to allow them to bake more evenly.
- Sprinkle with sugar as you get them out of the oven
Whoever finds the Christ Child figure in the cake is crowned and becomes the 'king' or 'queen' of the banquet. Whoever finds the bean has to pay for next year's roscón. This is a sweet bread that is adorned with dried fruits and sugar. Inside, bakers have hidden a small prize wrapped in paper as well as a bean. Kids are waiting for the three kings (Three wise men) bringing them gifts they wanted to have all year long.
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