The “roscón de Reyes” (Kings’ big doughnut) is a traditional dessert of January 6, the day of the Kings. It is a doughnut adorned with different colors of slices candied fruit, and usually filled with cream, truffle or chocolate.
Inside there are some surprises that you can meet eating a slice. In Spain the surprise consists of small statues of the Virgin and St. Joseph and a bean (who finds this one, he will have to pay the next doughnut).

Roscón de Reyes

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 54 minutes
Servings 8 persons

Ingredients
  

  • 400 g flour
  • 125 ml warm milk
  • 25 g fresh yeast
  • 80 g sugar
  • 80 g melted butter or margarine
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tablespoonful orange flower water
  • 1 grated skin of lemon
  • 1 grated skin of orange

To decorate

  • candied fruit
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 1 candied orange
  • figurines that can be cooked in the oven

Instructions
 

  • Mix a little warm milk with 3 tablespoons of flour.
  • Add the yeast in little pieces and mix it all.
  • Allow to ferment 20 minutes in a warm place.
  • After that, in a large bowl add the remaining flour and other ingredients: sugar, grated skin of lemon and orange, salt, milk, eggs, and the yeast that was fermented, the orange flower water and butter or margarine.
  • Mix everything well.
  • Flour a smooth surface and knead with hands; If you need, add a little flour to better work with the dough.
  • Give her a round shape like a ball and keep it in an airtight container for two hours in a warm place.
  • After this time the dough should be increased twice.
  • Pull it out of the container and knead again on a floured smooth surface.
  • Give her doughnut-shaped and make a large hole in the center with your fingers.
  • Let the doughnut rest one hour in a warm place.
  • Then pass the beaten egg on the doughnut and decorate with candied fruit.
  • Add the figurines and the bean in the dough.
  • Put it in preheated oven at 18o C for 20 minutes.
  • Let it cool, and if you want you can cut for the middle and fill it with cream, truffle or any other favorite filling.

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