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Cramique

Cramique is a kind of brioche from Belgium and northern France, made with raisins and pearl (or nib) sugar.

It is traditionally served sliced with butter and jam.

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Last modified on: September 12^th 2018

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For 1 Cramique, you will need:

1 5.3 oz raisins
2 3.5 oz rum
3 1.8 oz butter
4 2.2 oz whole milk
5 2.6 oz egg ( How to... )
6 13.7 oz flour
7 0.2 oz Vanilla sugar
8 1.3 oz brown sugar
9 0.4 oz yeast
10 0.2 oz fine (or table) salt
11 1.8 oz fermented viennoiserie dough (optional)
12 1.2 oz Pearl sugar
13 0.5 oz beaten egg

Change these quantities to make: 1 Cramique 2 Cramiques 4 Cramiques 6 Cramiques

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 min.

Plunge 5.3 oz raisins into a saucepan of boiling water and leave for 30 seconds.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Drain the raisins thoroughly, then plunge into 3.5 oz rum.

Cover and leave for at least half an hour. This can be done the day before.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Drain the rasins thoroughly, then put to wait on absorbant paper.

Keep the rum used for soaking in a sealed container. It can be used several times for the same recipe or another that uses soaked raisins.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Cut 1.8 oz butter into samll pieces and set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 2.2 oz whole milk and 2.6 oz egg, then add 13.7 oz flour, 0.2 oz Vanilla sugar, 1.3 oz brown sugar, 0.4 oz yeast, 0.2 oz fine (or table) salt and 1.8 oz fermented viennoiserie dough (if possible).

Stage 6 - 11 min.

Knead on slow speed for 3 minutes, then 8 minutes on slightly higher speed.

Stage 7 - 6 min.

Add the butter on slow speed and knead until fully incorporated.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Finish by adding the raisins and knead for a further minute to mix them in well.

Stage 9 - 12 hours

Cover the dough with plastic film to avoid it forming a crust, then refrigerate overnight.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Next day, tip the dough out onto a floured worktop.

Stage 11 - 3 min.

Roll out into a large rectangle the same width as your tin or mould.

Scatter 1.2 oz Pearl sugar over the rectangle.

Stage 12 - 3 min.

Roll up the dough into a cylinder.

Stage 13 - 1 min.

Lay the roll in your tin or mould (this is an ordinary loaf tin).

Cover with plastic sheet and leave in a warm place to rest for two and a half hours.

Stage 14

Note: If you are using brioche moulds, cut chunks off the cylinder and stand them on end in the mould.

Stage 15 - 1 min.

Preheat the oven to 340°F (170°C).

Glaze the top of the cramique.

Stage 16 - 2 min.

Scatter a little pearl sugar over and make a cut along the top (optional).

Stage 17 - 45 min.

Bake for 45 minutes.

Stage 18

Turn out while hot and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

You can use a darker brown or caster sugar instead of lighter brown.

Keeping

A few days in a cloth bag.

Source

Based on a recipe from the INBP (French professional bakery institute).

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,644 Kcal or 11,070 Kj	49 gr	396 gr	63 gr
132 %	19 %	37 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
336 Kcal or 1,407 Kj	6 gr	50 gr	8 gr
17 %	2 %	5 %	1 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,644 Kcal or 11,070 Kj	49 gr	396 gr	63 gr
132 %	19 %	37 %	9 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, Milk, Egg, Gluten, Sourdough

How much will it cost?

For 1 Cramique : 3.14 £

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pancake batter, Plum and hazelnut crumble, Naan, Chocolate almond cookies, Chilli potato wedges, ... All
	Raisins: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tyrolean apple crumble, Kugelhof for Nanou, Frozen Nougat, You should not add raisins to recipes dry , Panettone, ... All
	Rum: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, Cannelés, Apple Strudel, Gâteau Basque , Gingerbread, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Buckwheat almond biscuits, Coconut sweetcrust pastry, Vegetable clafoutis, Little Christmas biscuits, Toasted-flour biscuits, ... All

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