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Breakfast

Qrachel (Krachel)

Qrachel is a small Moroccan brioche enriched with butter and milk, flavoured with aniseed and sprinkled with sesame seeds. It's eaten lukewarm at breakfast, usually split open and spread with butter and honey.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Finition

Optional extras

On the side

Instructions

  1. Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm milk with a spoonful of sugar and let it rest for 5 minutes.
  2. In a large bowl, mix the flour, the remaining sugar, the salt and the aniseed.
  3. Add the egg and the milk-yeast mixture, then knead for 5 minutes.
  4. Work in the softened butter in pieces and knead for another 10 minutes until you have a soft, elastic dough.
  5. Cover and let it rise for 1 hour, until it has doubled in size.
  6. Divide into 6 balls, flatten them into discs, and place them on a tray lined with baking paper.
  7. Brush with beaten egg, sprinkle with sesame seeds and let rise for 20 minutes. Bake at 180 °C for 20 minutes, until golden.

Variations and tips

Stronger aniseed version. Double the amount of aniseed for a more pronounced flavour.

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