Where to find a good galette des rois in Toulouse?
The end of year celebrations are behind us. The presents have all been unwrapped and the New Year has started with a good meal, but the foodies have not finished feasting. After the Yule log and the chocolates from the Advent calendar, it’s time for the galette des rois. Epiphany is indeed fast approaching. According to tradition, however wait until Thursday, January 6 to taste this cake filled with frangipane or brioche.
Many may not have been able to wait. The galette des rois is already proudly in the windows bakeries and pastry shops in Toulouse. Enough to make mouth watering fans of this dish. However, some of you may not know where to get a good kings cake. Whether to share it with your family, friends or colleagues, we have selected you five bakeries where you can find delicious pancakes frangipanes (or Parisian), Limoux or Kings in the pink city.
Au Poussin Bleu
Known in particular for its delicious macaroons, pastry Au Poussin Bleu seeks to elaborate the most perfect pancakes possible. His Kings with orange blossom and orange zest are thus shaped with sourdough to guarantee a soft cake until tasting. Without alcohol, Limoux made with candied fruit and candied orange peels will delight both adults and children. Side sizes, cakes are available for 4 and 6 to 8 people. Frangipane lovers have not been forgotten. Three formats are available. They are between 3 and 12 people. Parts of individual patties are also sometimes for sale.
Conté Pastry
Located at 37 rue Croix-Baragnon, the Conté pastry shop also the three traditional cakes on the occasion of the Epiphany: brioche pancakes with orange blossom, Limoux with candied fruit inside and also frangipane pancakes. Many formats are possible. In all, seven sizes are available for Kings and Limoux (individual at 1 kg) and six for the frangipane pancakes (3 portions at 12). Depending on the weight, prices vary from 2.90 euros to 35.20 euros for brioche pancakes with orange blossom, 3.45 to 37.60 for Limoux and 10 to 38 euros for frangipanes.
Barry bakery
These are the cakes of kings not to be missed. Last year, Barry’s bakery was awarded during the competition for the best galette des rois de Haute-Garonne. The establishment received the best brioche pancakes in the department. They have returned to the bakery located at 60 Voie du Toec. With friends or family, you can discover or rediscover the Kings of the establishment. They are offered for 4, 6 or 8 people (respectively 300, 400 and 500 g). This is also the case for the Limoux. On the frangipane and pear-chocolate side, three sizes are available: 4, 6 or 10 pieces.
Antoine Fornara
After a few days of vacation, its shops at 24 place Dupuy and 31 avenue des Minimes reopen on January 5. It will thus be possible to savor the galettes des rois de the Antoine Fornara pastry shop pile for epiphany. She has planned Kings with lemon and orange zest, Limoux garnished with candied citron and frangipane pancakes. The first two cakes have a unique size: 4 to 6 people. The Limoux costs 19.50 euros and the King 18 euros. An individual size is also on sale for the brioche with orange blossom and lemon and orange zest. The Parisian galette has 3 formats (4, 6 and 8 parts). The prices are between 18 and 27 euros.
Kitchen manual (s)
Why not think outside the box and buy your pancake from a cooking school ? Some indeed offer cakes of kings, like that of Thierry Marx in Toulouse. Trainees in the school’s bakery and kitchen Kitchen manual (s) and their trainers make them every beginning of the year. You can order throughout the month of january the traditional frangipane pancake (2.50 euros for an individual pancake, 16 euros for 6 pieces and 23 euros for 10 people), but also the Crown of Kings (one size at 12 euros). It is necessary book them online or by email.