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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Grade this recipe: Last modified on: September 12th 2018
For 2 Cramiques, you will need:
- 0
300 g raisins - 1
200 ml rum - 2
100 g butter - 3
125 g whole milk - 4
150 g egg - 5
500 g flour - 6
10 g Vanilla sugar - 7
75 g brown sugar - 8
20 g yeast - 9
9 g fine (or table) salt - 10
100 g fermented viennoiserie dough (optional) - 11
50 g Pearl sugar - 12
30 g beaten egg - Total weight: 1,669 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. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
A few days in a cloth bag.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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 5,284 Kcal or 22,123 Kj | 98 gr | 791 gr | 125 gr |
| 264 % | 38 % | 75 % | 19 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 317 Kcal or 1,327 Kj | 6 gr | 47 gr | 8 gr |
| 16 % | 2 % | 4 % | 1 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,642 Kcal or 11,062 Kj | 49 gr | 396 gr | 63 gr |
| 132 % | 19 % | 37 % | 9 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 Cramiques : 7.53 €
- Per Cramique : 3.77 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Based on a recipe from the INBP (French professional bakery institute).More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Walnut short bread, Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), Hazelnut and orange cake, Kugelhof for Nanou, Franche-Comté sticks, ... All |
| Raisins: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pecan fruit rolls , You should not add raisins to recipes dry , Chocolate mendiants, Benoîton, 3-fruit brioche loaf, ... All |
| Rum: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cannelés, Flambéd bananas , Gingerbread, Gâteau Basque , Brioche slices with almond cream, ... All |
| Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramel rice pudding, Bacon and cabbage omelette, Spinach and Comté Loaf, Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, Coconut sweetcrust pastry, ... All |
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