Tiger bread
 Tiger bread rolls | |
| Type | Bread |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Netherlands |
| Main ingredients | bread, Rice paste |
Tiger bread (Dutch: Tijgerbrood) is the commercial name for a loaf of bread of Dutch origin that has a mottled crust.
Crust[]
The bread is generally made with a pattern baked into the top made by painting rice paste onto the surface prior to baking.[1][2][3] The rice paste that imparts the bread's characteristic flavour dries and cracks during the baking process. The bread itself 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 (tiger roll), and where it has been sold at least since the early 1970s.[citation needed] The US supermarket chain Wegmans sells it as "Marco Polo" bread.[4]
In January 2012, the UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's announced that they would market the product under the name "giraffe bread", after a three-year-old girl's parents wrote to the company to suggest it.[2]
In the San Francisco Bay Area it is called Dutch Crunch.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Snap, crackle, crunch bread". Modern-baking.com. 2009-06-01. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Tiger bread renamed giraffe bread by Sainsbury's". BBC News. 2012-01-31.
- ^ "Tiger Bread". BBC Good Food. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ "Marco Polo Bread - Wegmans".
- ^ Jonathan Kauffman (2010-11-11). "Dutch Crunch: According to Nick Malgieri, a San Francisco Treat". SF Weekly.
- Breads
- Dutch cuisine