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Pogne de Romans

Pogne de Romans is a kind of brioche lightly flavoured with orange and rum. It originated in Romans-sur-Isère, a town in south-east France.

This recipe dates back to medieval times, when it was made in a ring (or crown) shape to celebrate the end of Lent, as eggs could then be used again.

This more contemporary version is not particularly tricky, though it takes a long time for all the kenading and resting stages.

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Last modified on: October 7^th 2018

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For 2 pognes, you will need:

1 500 g flour
2 3 eggs
3 35 g orange flower water
4 20 g rum
5 1 orange
6 12 g salt
7 1 g yeast
8 225 g leaven
9 125 g butter
10 1 lemon
11 150 g caster sugar
12 20 g beaten egg
Total weight: 1,668 grams

Change these quantities to make: 1 pogne 2 pognes 4 pognes 6 pognes

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
58 min.	1 day 16 hours	40 min.	1 day 17 hours 38 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 8 min.

Put into a mixer bowl: 500 g flour, 35 g orange flower water, 20 g rum, the juice and zest of 1 orange, 12 g salt, 1 g yeast, 225 g leaven, 125 g butter and the zest of 1 lemon.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Knead on slow speed for 30 minutes.

Stage 3

This should give you a firm dough that French bakers call "bâtarde" (bastard).

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 150 g caster sugar.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Knead for a further 5 minutes until the sugar is mixed in and the dough nice and smooth.

Stage 6 - 4 hours

Gather the dough into a ball. Transfer this to a large clean bowl and cover with a plastic sheet.

Leave to rest at room temperature for 4 hours.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

After this time, weigh out the dough into lumps of 850 g for a ring pogne, or smaller for individual brioche style.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Press the 850 g of dough into a round, flat cake.

Male a large hole in the centre and lay the ring on a baking sheet.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

For the smaller brioche-style pogne, put the dough into a brioche tin or mould.

Stage 10 - 1 day 12 hours

Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest at room temperature for 12 hours, then a further 24 hours in the fridge.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Glaze the top of the pogne.

Stage 12 - 1 min.

Slash the surface of the pogne in a large square, whether on the ring...

Stage 13

...or classic brioche shape.

Stage 14 - 40 min.

Bake for about 40 minutes.

Stage 15

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

Do not be surprised if all the kneading and resting times in this recipe seem excessive. This is because there is hardly any yeast, and the long resting time also develops the flavour we are aiming for.

Keeping

Several days in a cloth bag.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,850 Kcal or 16,119 Kj	81 gr	642 gr	131 gr
192 %	31 %	61 %	20 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
231 Kcal or 967 Kj	5 gr	38 gr	8 gr
12 %	2 %	4 %	1 %

Per pogne
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,925 Kcal or 8,060 Kj	41 gr	321 gr	66 gr
96 %	16 %	30 %	10 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 2 pognes : 4.58 €
Per pogne : 2.29 €

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Source

Based on a recipe by Thomas Marie.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pitta bread, Breton sablé biscuit dough, Kugelhof for Nanou, Tea and white chocolate biscuits, Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, ... All
	Leaven: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Franche-Comté sticks, Benoîton, Special small breads, Ali Baba bread, Cretan Bread, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mulled wine Belle-Plagne style, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Little cakes with a chocolate and hazelnut centre, Vanilla sugar, Pizza dough, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lime crémeux, Spinach and Comté Loaf, Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, "Moelleux" cake batter, "Buttonhole" quail eggs, ... All

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