Starting with all purpose flour, add yeast salt and a bit of sugar.įollowed by a little bit of butter and water, then mixed until a dough emerges. Just like making a simple white bread loaf, the recipe is very easy to make. Some other breads are made with spices to enhance a popular flavor. However, a lot of the most popular breads in The Netherlands are sweet varieties, some filled with currents, others raisins. Tiger bread is very popular in Holland, and so is bread in general. This bread also comes in rolls known as tijger bolletjes (tiger bread rolls) in Dutch. Mostly made commercially, and given the nickname Dutch crunch, it is an export that many people are familiar with. The sesame oil is the giveaway to me, however I may be wrong. The Netherlands were a huge power at one time, and had outposts all over the world. I assume that part of the inspiration for this bread came from the colonies in the East. Very popular in The Netherlands, the yeasty flavor topping contributes to making this bread one of a kind. The inside of the tiger bread loaf is what you would expect from a bloomer loaf, soft and squidgy. It is the baked topping that gives it the unusual look, and crunchy outer crust it is famous for. Right before it’s baked, the topping is spread on the bread. Having a toasted slice with butter is lovely, and when added to a glass of sauvignon blanc in the late afternoon, is delightful.īut then a nice glass of wine can add so much to the food we are eating!

The crust topping is made of sesame oil, yeast, rice flour, as well as some other ingredients. What is Tiger Bread?Ī plain bloomer type loaf, tiger bread has an offbeat crust that has an unusual design. I love any new baking challenge so I got to work trying to recreate, and perfect my own Tiger Bread recipe. I first discovered this bread however when I visited my friends who live in The Hague in Holland. The uneven spots definitely have a giraffe look to them, making it a much more apt name. People felt that the new name reflected more what the bread actually looked like, which mimics spots more than lines. Sainsbury’s supermarket in the UK changed the name to giraffe bread after a petition was circulated. With a distinctive design baked into the top, this bread has a very recognizable look to it, not to mention unique flavor.

Baking dutch crunch bread