Olive Oil Brioche des Rois for Epiphany

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I am quite partial to a good seasonal bake. Even more so if it’s something I did not grow up eating. Rather predictably, when I first moved to Belgium, I fell in love with the almond frangipane puff pastry encased Galettes des Rois. Commonly eaten for Epiphany, these days you can find Galettes des Rois throughout the month of January in bakeries across Belgium and France (and increasingly elsewhere too). 

Yet, and this might be controversial, as tasty as Galettes des Rois are, all things considered they are actually not all that exciting. In some ways, a Galette des Rois is really just a less sugary almond croissant in disguise. There are no doubt many ways of making Galettes des Rois more i…