Crunchy Tiger Bread
Crunchy Tiger Bread is a bread with a crust of rice flour paste that cracks during baking and will look like a tiger print. We call this a tiger bread. The darker you bake the bread the crunchier the crust and oh boy that crust is delicious.
Ingredients
For the Bread
- 1.5 cups lukewarm water
- 1/2 tablespoon dry yeast
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
- 3 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
For the Rice Flour Paste
- 1 tablespoon dry yeast
- 1/2 cup lukewarm water
- 1 tablespoon sugar (NOTE 1)
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil (NOTE 2)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup white rice flour
Instructions
- Add yeast and sugar to water (1.5 cups) and allow yeast mixture to become bubbly.
- Add salt and flour and mix until you have a uniform mixture.
- Cover bowl and allow dough to rise at room temperature for about 2-3 hours.
- Make the rice flour paste by combining yeast, lukewarm water (1/2 cup), sugar, sesame oil, salt and white rice flour in a bowl. Cover and allow this to rise as well at room temperature.
- Heat oven to 450 degrees F. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and dust with corn meal.
- Cut the dough in four equal parts and shape each into a roll. Place rolls on parchment paper.
- Apply/brush the rice flour paste on top of each roll, spread it to completely coat the entire top.
- Bake rolls for approx. 20 minutes.
Notes
- You'll find 1 tablespoon of sugar in the rice flour paste, but if you want the crunch to be sweeter, use 1.5-2 tablespoons.
- Dutch Tiger Bread traditionally uses sesame oil, but other oils will work as well. It may change the flavor of the tiger prints slightly.
Nutrition
Serving: 1rollCalories: 528kcalCarbohydrates: 105gProtein: 13gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 1026mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4g