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Dominique’s vegetable cake from Burgunday

Dominique’s savoury vegetable cake, from her Domaine de l'Oiseau in Burgundy This is an unusual and delicious appetiser to enjoy, still warm from the oven, with pre-dinner drinks, or served with butter and a cup of coffee. This cake always brings back happy memories of my time in Burgundy with my daughter Yolanda, at [...]

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Galette des Rois – Epiphany Tart, the Tart of Kings
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Galette des Rois – Epiphany Tart, the Tart of Kings

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Galette des Rois – Epiphany Tart, the Tart of Kings

The French tradition of serving this round, flat, almond, frangipane-filled puff pastry tart on the Twelfth Day of Christmas or Epiphany Day, 6th January, has biblical origins and is when the ‘magi’, or ‘three kings, the three wise men’ arrived in Bethlehem, and visited baby Jesus. A 'fève', or ‘bean’ is traditionally hidden in [...]