Roscón de reyes

Today I will be showing you the recipe of the “roscón de reyes”.

Here we celebrate the three kings. They come on the 5^th of January at night to bring presents in every house and we open the presents the morning after. Then at lunch we eat the “roscón de reyes”. Inside it we hide a king and a bean, he who gets the king in his piece of the cake, will be the king for the rest of the day, but he who gets the bean will need to pay the cake! ;)

Normally this cake is full of lactose, as it is made with milk and butter, so here is how to cook the “roscón de reyes” lactose free :D

Ingredients:

Base:
-       70g of sugar
-       1 orange and 1 lemon
-       130g of soya milk
-       70g of soya “butter”, made from 100% vegetables and is lactose free (I use: Provamel bio soja)
-       3 egg yolks
-       40g of fresh yeast, compact square (I use: Levital)
-       400g of flour
-       Salt
-       20g of orange blossom water, “agua de azahar”
-       Cling film
-       Greaseproof paper

Decoration:
-       Candied fruit
-       1 egg
-       Sugar + water
-       Sliced almonds
-       Ceramic figure of king and bean (make sure they can go in the oven)

Time to start!! :D

Base:

1^st   Add soya milk in a small bowl + mince the fresh yeast in it and let it rest for 15 minutes.

2^nd  In the meantime, take another bowl, strain the flour and leave a hole in the middle of it, because we will add sugar + grated orange and lemon + the soya mix from before and mix it all together.

3^rd  Add 3 egg yolks + a bit of salt + soya “butter” + orange blossom water and mix it all again.

4^th  Now sprinkle flour on the table and start knead the base for 2 minutes, cover it with a bowl and let it stand for 10 minutes. 

5^th  Knead the base again (without adding flour) until it is not sticky anymore. Now, take another bowl and add one drop of oil and spread it around the bowl with a piece of paper, make a ball with the base and place it in the bowl. Finally we close it with cling film. Let it in there until it doubles in size (approx. 15/20 minutes).

6^th  After it has increased in size, knead take the base again, make a ball and cover it with the bowl for 15 minutes more.

7^th  Take the baking tray of the oven and put a greaseproof paper on top.

8^th  Now, take the base and create a hole in the middle. You can make the hole bigger by turning the base in the air, but always touching the table. (IMPORTANT: make it as thin as possible because it will grow again). Put it on top of the baking tray and paint it with egg. Let the base grow until it doubles the size again (approx. 15/20 minutes).

Decoration:

1^st  Paint the base again with egg. Take 2 big spoons of sugar + 1 tea spoon of water, mix it together and add it on top of the base. Decorate the base with the candied fruit + sliced almonds and now is time to hide the ceramic figures in the base.

2^nd  Splash water on it and leave a glass of water in the middle, cook it for 20 minutes at a preheated oven of 180º.

ENJOY!! :D