
We tried coating it with a brush but it worked better just to use fingers or a spoon and kind of spread it around. Coat the top of each loaf or roll with a thick layer of topping. Add more water or rice flour as necessary. If you pull some up with your whisk, as shown below, it should drip off slowly. The consistency should be like stiff royal icing – spreadable, but not too runny. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and beat with a whisk beat hard to combine. I made 6 rolls using the soft white roll recipe that will follow, so I cut the topping recipe in half.Ģ tablespoons (2 packets) (30 ml) (15 gm/½ oz) active dry yeastġ cup (240 ml) warm water (105-115º F) (41-46☌)ġ½ cups (360 ml) (240 gm/8½ oz) rice flour (white or brown NOT sweet or glutinous rice flour) (increase by 1 cup or more for home-made rice flour)ġ. Servings: This recipe should make enough topping for two 9×5 loaves (23cmx13cm) or 12 rolls medium or 24 small rolls.
Dutch crunch bread wikipedia pdf#
You can find the pdf of the challenge recipes here Dutch Crunch Topping I have never seen or even tried this kind of bread but it looked really interesting and the idea of a crunchy topping seemed like the addition that would take any sandwich to the next level. When I first this month’s challenge I was really excited. Sainsbury’s stated that “In response to overwhelming customer feedback that our tiger bread has more resemblance to a giraffe, from today we will be changing our tiger bread to giraffe bread On 31 January 2012, the UK grocery chain Sainsbury’s renamed the product “ giraffe bread” after a letter written by a three-year-old named Lily Robinson, suggesting the alternative name, went viral. In the United States it is also sometimes known as dragonette bread. In the USA, it is generally sold as “ Dutch crunch”. Though recently, some stores began to sell it as “Dutch crust”.

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.Īccording to Wikipedia ,the name originated in the Netherlands, where it is known as tijgerbrood or tijgerbol (translation: tiger roll) where it has been sold at least since the early 1970s. It has a crusty exterior, but is soft inside. In addition to crunch the rice paste crust also gives the bread a distinctive flavour.

The paste dries and cracks during the baking process. The pattern is made by painting rice paste onto the surface prior to baking. Tiger bread or dutch crunch bread is the commercial name for bread the has a unique mottled surface. Sara and Erica also challenged us to create a one of a kind sandwich with our bread! Sara and Erica of Baking JDs were our March 2012 Daring Baker hostesses! Sara & Erica challenged us to make Dutch Crunch bread, a delicious sandwich bread with a unique, crunchy topping.
