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.
It is traditionally served sliced with butter and jam.
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Last modified on: September 12th 2018
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 Cramiques, you will need:
- 1
300 g raisins - 2
200 ml rum - 3
100 g butter - 4
125 g whole milk - 5
150 g egg ( How to... ) - 6
500 g flour - 7
10 g Vanilla sugar - 8
75 g brown sugar - 9
20 g yeast - 10
9 g fine (or table) salt - 11
100 g fermented viennoiserie dough (optional) - 12
50 g Pearl sugar - 13
30 g beaten egg - Total weight: 1,569 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 hours 39 min. | 30 min. | 46 min. | 13 hours 55 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 1 min.
Plunge 300 g raisins into a saucepan of boiling water and leave for 30 seconds.
Stage 2 - 30 min.
Drain the raisins thoroughly, then plunge into 200 ml rum.
Cover and leave for at least half an hour. This can be done the day before.
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.
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 5 - 3 min.
Put into a food-mixer bowl: 125 g whole milk and 150 g egg, then add 500 g flour, 10 g Vanilla sugar, 75 g brown sugar, 20 g yeast, 9 g fine (or table) salt and 100 g 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 50 g Pearl sugar over the rectangle.
Scatter 50 g 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.
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.
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 |
| 5,284 Kcal or 22,123 Kj | 98 gr | 791 gr | 125 gr |
| 196 % | 28 % | 55 % | 14 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 337 Kcal or 1,411 Kj | 6 gr | 50 gr | 8 gr |
| 12 % | 2 % | 4 % | 1 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,642 Kcal or 11,062 Kj | 49 gr | 396 gr | 63 gr |
| 98 % | 14 % | 28 % | 7 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 Cramiques : 7.33 €
- Per Cramique : 3.67 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sesame fried scampi, Gâteau Nantais, Foie gras fingers, Chocolate cake, X-Files cookies, ... All |
 | Raisins: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Apple Strudel, Chocolate mendiants, Chocolate cereal bars, Moist cereal bars, Benoîton, ... All |
 | Rum: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Jamaican cup, Pistachio cream, Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Gâteau Basque , Dublin fruit scones, ... All |
 | Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lime (or lemon) curd, Tiramisu, Moist chocolate cake, Rum babas, Potato Waffles with Smoked Salmon, ... All |
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