How to make the chocolate galette des rois, a quick and easy recipe to enjoy on Epiphany day! A French dessert made of a quick rough puff pastry ready in 10 minutes and a simple chocolate almond cream (easy frangipane).
This delicious chocolate galette des rois is perfect for an alternative to the French traditional frangipane galette des rois which is usually made during the Epiphany day and throughout the month of January.
As in my Nutella stuffed galette des rois version, it is made with a quick rough puff pastry ready in 10 minutes and a very simple filling of almond cream (also know as the easy frangipane) with chocolate that also goes perfectly with fruits as in this version of chocolate pear galette des rois.
Composition of this dessert
- Puff pastry: Unlike the classic puff pastry recipe or the inverted puff pastry which takes a long time to prepare, this is a quick version which does not require any resting time. All the ingredients are mixed together and then a simple folding technique is followed which gives a very crispy and flaky pastry.
- Almond cream with chocolate: In the traditional recipe we use the authentic frangipane cream which is simply the combination of the pastry cream and the almond filling cream and here we just simply add melted chocolate to it.
How to make the chocolate galette des rois
Rough puff pastry
- Prepare the quick puff pastry by mixing together all the ingredients, butter, flour, salt and water until you get a ball of dough with visible pieces of butter.
- Then proceed immediately to fold the dough by making 4 simple turns (folding in 3).
Tip: Place the chopped butter and water in the freezer for 15 minutes before making the recipe.
Chocolate almond filling cream
- Place all ingredients in a bowl, softened butter, sugar, almond meal, eggs and melted chocolate.
- And use an electric mixer to mix for about 2 minutes until you have a smooth cream.
Tip: Use softened butter and eggs at room temperature to make a smooth mixture.
Assembly
- Roll out the puff pastry with a rolling pin to 3 mm and cut out 2 large disks with a pastry ring or large plate.
- Place the first disk on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and fill the inside with the chocolate almond cream, leaving a 5 cm border.
- Moisten the edges with a pastry brush and water.
- Cover with the second disk of puff pastry and seal the edges with your hands.
- Apply a layer of egg wash to the top and score with a knife.
Tip: Place the galette in the freezer for 15 minutes to prevent the butter from escaping during cooking and to keep its round shape.
Baking
- Preheat oven to 356°F / 180°C (see recipe card).
- Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes until it has a nice golden color.
- Let it cool down a bit before serving it.
Other chocolate dessert recipes
- Chocolate mousse pie
- Chocolate layer cake
- Chocolate mousse dessert
- Kinder cake
- Salted caramel chocolate tart
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Chocolate galette des rois
Ingredients
Quick puff pastry
- 250 g Flour
- 200 g butter - cut into pieces and very cold
- 5 g salt
- 100 ml water - iced
Chocolate almond cream
- 100 g butter - softened
- 100 g almond meal
- 70 g Sugar
- 2 eggs - room temperature
- 100 g Chocolate - semi-sweet
Instructions
Quikc puff pastry
- Begin by placing the very cold water, flour, salt and butter cut into pieces and very cold in your stand mixer.
- Mix with the dough hook for about 2-3 minutes at medium speed.
- Then with the hands join the dough to form a ball, the butter should still be visible in the dough.
- Place the dough on a floured worktop and form a rectangular dough piece.
- Roll out with a rolling pin over 15 inch / 30-40 cm and form a simple turn (fold the dough in 3).
- Turn a quarter to the right and make a simple turn again.
- Repeat the previous step, in the end you will have made 4 simple turns.
- Cover with cling film and if possible let it rest for 1 hour in the fridge before using it.
Chocolate almond cream
- Melt the dark chocolate in the microwave or in a bain marie.
- Place the chopped butter and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer for a few moments.
- Then incorporate the almond meal and mix again.
- Then add the eggs and the melted chocolate and mix until a smooth homogeneous cream is obtained.
Assembly
- Take the quick puff pastry out of the fridge and cut it in half.
- On a floured work surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of about 3 mm.
- Cut out 2 large disks with a pastry ring or a large plate.
- Place the puff pastry on a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
- Fill the center of the dough with the chocolate almond cream. (use a pastry bag)
- Then using a pastry brush and water, moisten the edges.
- Then cover with the second square of puff pastry and seal the edges by pressing with your fingers.
- Cut out your cake with a 10 inch/ 25 cm diameter pastry ring.
- Gently turn the galette des rois over and apply a layer of egg yolk gilding with a pastry brush.
- Then score the top of the galette with a baker's blade or a knife.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 356°F/ 180°C for about 45 minutes.
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