Sunday, January 10, 2010

Cramique

Cramique
Until recently, I thought that Cramique was something dreamed up by my Belgian great-grandma, a delicious treat of slightly sweet, crumbly bread that my grandma still bakes for breakfast every Christmas. But actually I realised it's a national Belgian dish. Similar to a brioche but more buttery and with a denser crumb, it's delicious with a slick of butter eaten with tea or hot chocolate. It traditionally has raisins in, but our family recipe is done without.

Cramique
My version is of course not as good as my grandma's - it didn't rise much - but better than my last attempt at baking. I might get booted out of her inheritance for sharing this, but here's our family recipe (click to enlarge).

Cramique recipe

3 Comments

James said...

Many thanks Katie, this looks delicious. I have some fresh yeast left over from making blinis recently, so I'll give this a go.

Deborah said...

Ooh, I have that platter! And a matching dip tray thing. I love them :)

notjustmedical said...

Mmm, that looks delicious! I want to try make my first loaf of bread sometime. But that looks great for winter.

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