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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 2 Cramiques, you will need:

1 300 ml raisins
2 200 ml rum
3 103.2 ml butter
4 125 ml whole milk
5 150 ml Egg
6 780 ml flour
7 10 ml Vanilla sugar
8 75 ml brown sugar
9 20 ml yeast
10 12.6 ml fine (or table) salt
11 100 ml fermented viennoiserie dough (optional)
12 65.5 ml Pearl sugar
13 30 ml beaten egg

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

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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 ml 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.

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 103.2 ml butter into samll pieces and set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 125 ml whole milk and 150 ml Egg, then add 780 ml flour, 10 ml Vanilla sugar, 75 ml brown sugar, 20 ml yeast, 12.6 ml fine (or table) salt and 100 ml 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 65.5 ml 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
5,345 Kcal or 22,378 Kj	100 gr	832 gr	127 gr
267 %	39 %	78 %	19 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
341 Kcal or 1,428 Kj	6 gr	53 gr	8 gr
17 %	2 %	5 %	1 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,672 Kcal or 11,187 Kj	50 gr	416 gr	64 gr
134 %	19 %	39 %	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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, Milk, Egg, Gluten, leaven

How much will it cost?

For 2 Cramiques : 7.33 €
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: Old style brioche, Chocolate eclairs, Cheese tart, Chocolate almond cookies, Lobster Thermidor, ... All
	Raisins: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Apple Strudel, Tyrolean apple crumble, Chocolate cereal bars, Benoîton, You should not add raisins to recipes dry , ... All
	Rum: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Jamaican cup, Pancake batter, Gâteau Basque , Flambéd bananas , Mojito peaches, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gisèle's Pasties, Caramel rice pudding, Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Little lemon biscuits, Avocado mayonnaise, ... All