chrisbevan

By chrisbevan

Burning Bright

Tiger bread has a unique mottled crust and is generally made with sesame oil and with a pattern made by painting rice paste onto the surface prior to baking.
The paste dries and cracks during the baking process. The rice paste crust also gives the bread a distinctive flavour. It has a crusty exterior, but is soft inside. Typically, tiger bread is made as a white bread bloomer loaf or bread roll, but the technique can be applied to any shape of bread.

AKA:
Tijgerbrood or Tijgerbol in the Netherlands, where it originated,
Dutch crunch,
Dutch crust
Dragonette bread
or as Sainsburys name it 'Giraffe bread'.

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