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.
78K 4 3
Last modified on: September 12th 2018
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 Cramiques, you will need:
- 1
1 1⁄3 cup raisins - 2
1 cup rum - 3
½ cup butter - 4
2⁄3 cup whole milk - 5
2⁄3 cup egg ( How to... ) - 6
3 1⁄3 cups flour - 7
1 tablespoon Vanilla sugar - 8
1⁄3 cup brown sugar - 9
1 ½ tablespoon yeast - 10
1 tablespoon fine (or table) salt - 11
½ cup fermented viennoiserie dough (optional) - 12
1⁄3 cup Pearl sugar - 13
2 tablespoons beaten egg
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 ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ? - Work this out...
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 1 min.
Plunge 1 1⁄3 cup raisins into a saucepan of boiling water and leave for 30 seconds.
Stage 2 - 30 min.
Drain the raisins thoroughly, then plunge into 1 cup 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: 2⁄3 cup whole milk and 2⁄3 cup egg, then add 3 1⁄3 cups flour, 1 tablespoon Vanilla sugar, 1⁄3 cup brown sugar, 1 ½ tablespoon yeast, 1 tablespoon fine (or table) salt and ½ cup 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 1⁄3 cup Pearl sugar over the rectangle.
Scatter 1⁄3 cup 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 |
| 264 % | 38 % | 75 % | 19 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 337 Kcal or 1,411 Kj | 6 gr | 50 gr | 8 gr |
| 17 % | 2 % | 5 % | 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 : 7.33 €
- 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: Cod loin with saffron, Fish fillet with preserved lemons, Chocolate eclairs, Madeleines, Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, ... All |
 | Raisins: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Apple Strudel, Sweet pancake rolls from Brittany, Chocolate mendiants, Pecan fruit rolls , Pains briochés aux raisins, ... All |
 | Rum: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pistachio cream, Baked Alaska, Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), Gâteau Nantais, Lemon and lime cakes, ... All |
 | Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lemon and lime cakes, Mouna, How to cook hard-boiled eggs properly , Croque-monsieur complet, Fried eggs with tomatoes, ... All |
Other recipes you may also like
French croissants
In this famous and highly technical recipe from a piece of yeast-based flaky dough we are going to cut and shape ("roll") croissants.607K 24.4 2 hours 34 min. June 26th 2019
Passion fruit jellies
Usually to make fruit jellies or (fruit "paste"), it's like jam but you need to cook fruit pulp and sugar much longer. Unfortunately, this long cooking is bad for both vitamins and flavour. In this recipe we use a special jam gelling agent, to reduce cooking time as much as possible .320K4 2 hours 30 min. July 4th 2018
Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis
A small chocolate cake, still runny in the middle, served with a raspberry coulis.323K5 1 hour 21 min. October 3rd 2010
Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts
A lightly spiced mousse, made with raw beetroot, with a layer in the centre of finely diced beetroot and roughly chopped walnuts. Discover or rediscover the taste of raw beetroot, very special and so "earthy".356K4 47 min. October 13th 2010
Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée)
This is for sweet or savoury tarts, quiches or pies. The difference between this and sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) is in the very small amount of sugar and the absence of ground almonds.370K 24 31 min. December 29th 2019
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2024-05-05)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post your comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.