Tiger bread
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| Origin | |
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| Place of origin | Netherlands |
| Details | |
| Type | Bread |
| Main ingredient(s) | Flour, sesame oil, rice paste |
Tiger bread (also sold as Dutch crunch in the USA, tijgerbrood or tijgerbol in Netherlands) is the commercial name for a loaf of bread which has a unique mottled crust. Within the United States, it is popular in the San Francisco Bay Area (as "Dutch crunch"), but it is not well-known elsewhere.[1]
Crust
The bread is generally made with sesame oil and with a pattern baked into the top made by painting rice paste onto the surface prior to baking.[2] 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.
Other names
The name originated in the Netherlands, where it is known as tijgerbrood or tijgerbol (translation: tiger roll), and where it has been sold at least since the early 1970s.[citation needed] In the USA, it is generally sold as "Dutch crunch", though recently, some stores have begun to sell it as "Dutch crust". In the UK, supermarket chain Sainsbury's markets the product under the name "giraffe bread".[3]
References
- ^ Jones, Carey. "California Eatin': Dutch Crunch in the Bay Area". Serious Eats.
- ^ Jun 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mitch Stamm (2009-06-01). "Snap, crackle, crunch bread". Modern-baking.com. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
- ^ "Tiger bread renamed giraffe bread by Sainsbury's". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
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