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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 6 Cramiques, you will need:

1 900 ml raisins
2 600 ml rum
3 309.6 ml butter
4 375 ml whole milk
5 450 ml egg
6 2 litres 340 ml flour
7 30 mls Vanilla sugar
8 225 mls brown sugar
9 60 mls yeast
10 37.8 mls fine (or table) salt
11 300 mls fermented viennoiserie dough (optional)
12 196.5 mls Pearl sugar
13 90 mls beaten egg

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

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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 900 ml raisins into a saucepan of boiling water and leave for 30 seconds.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Drain the raisins thoroughly, then plunge into 600 ml 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 309.6 ml butter into samll pieces and set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 375 ml whole milk and 450 ml egg, then add 2 litres 340 ml flour, 30 mls Vanilla sugar, 225 mls brown sugar, 60 mls yeast, 37.8 mls fine (or table) salt and 300 mls 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 196.5 mls 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
15,852 Kcal or 66,369 Kj	293 gr	2,373 gr	376 gr
793 %	113 %	224 %	57 %

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 %

% 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 6 Cramiques : 21.99 €
Per Cramique : 3.67 €

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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: Moist chocolate cake, Diamond biscuits, Toasted-flour biscuits, Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Lemon and lime cakes, ... All
	Raisins: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Raisin breads (pains aux raisins), Benoîton, Indian rice pudding, Tyrolean apple crumble, Apple Strudel, ... All
	Rum: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Minted Melon, Brioche slices with almond cream, Rich hazelnut buttercream, Jamaican cup, Gâteau Nantais, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Provençal colombier for Pentecost, Eggs in tomato shells, Hachis parmentier, Baked eggs with chicken and spinach, Basic cake batter - the French way, ... All

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