Tiger bread
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tiger bread is made with sesame oil and with a pattern baked into the top made by painting rice paste onto the surface prior to baking. The paste dries and cracks during the baking process, creating a two-colour effect similar to a tiger; hence the name. 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 loaf: Some bakeries call their rolls Tiger paws, and their Baguettes Tiger's tails[1]
It is sold as "Dutch crunch" in delis throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, but is little known in the United States outside that region. In the United States it is also sometimes known as dragonette bread.
[edit] References
Tiger bread from Sainsbury's does not contain sesame seed oil because of the danger of allergy.
[edit] External links
 |
This bread-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
