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Frangipane () is a filling made from or flavored with almonds. This filling can be used in a variety of ways〔(Kitchen Dictionary ) Retrieved 14 May 2013〕 including cakes, tarts and other assorted pastries, such as the Jesuite. An alternative French spelling from a 1674 cookbook is ''franchipane'' with the earliest modern spelling coming from a 1732 confectioners' dictionary. Originally designated as a custard tart flavored by almonds or pistachios it came later to designate a filling that could be used in a variety of confections and baked goods. Frangipane is one of France's many traditional foods associated with Christmas celebration.〔(Frangipane recipes at BBC Food ) Retrieved 14 May 2013〕 Today it is normally made of butter, sugar, eggs, and ground almonds. In some anecdotes it was the kind of sweet that the noblewoman Jacopa da Settesoli brought to St. Francis of Assisi in 1226, when he was dying. On Epiphany, the French cut the King Cake, a round cake made of frangipane layers into slices to be distributed by a child known as le petit roi (the little king) who is usually hiding under the dining table.〔(Frangipane at BBC Good Food ) Retrieved 24 May 2013〕 The cake is decorated with stars, a crown, flowers and a special bean hidden inside the cake.〔(Mary Berry’s Christmas recipes: Mincemeat Frangipane Tart at Telegraph UK Food and Drink ) Retrieved 14 May 2013〕 Whoever gets the piece of the frangipane cake with the bean is crowned “king” or “queen” for the following year. ==Etymology== ''Frangipane/frangipani'' is derived from ''frangere il pane'' (Italian for "break the bread"), from which the noble Frangipani family of Rome derived its name in the 11th century. A certain Frangipane was perfumier to Louis XIII of France, hence the common name of the flowering tropical trees that are actually in the genus ''Plumeria''. Other people believe it's derived from St. Francis; ''pane'' is Italian for bread and ''Frangi'' would have been the cognomen of St. Francis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「frangipane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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