tiger bread

Mottled crust bread

Tiger bread is a type of bread with a mottled, crackled crust that resembles tiger stripes or leopard spots.

The distinctive pattern comes from a rice flour paste applied before baking, which cracks as it dries.

The bread is soft inside with a slightly crunchy exterior: I'll have the turkey on tiger bread.

Also called giraffe bread or Dutch crunch.

bread

loaf

Baked bread shape

sliced · yeast · flour · baking · proofing · leavened · bakery · artisanal · rolls · cob

Dutch

Netherlands

Northwestern European constitutional monarchy

bitterballen

crust

crackled

Made brittle snapping sounds

golden · rice paste · sesame oil · caramelized · blistered · shattered · crackling · toasted · chewy · contrast

naming

San Francisco

Northern California metropolis

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pattern

striped

Having contrasting bands

marbled · cracked · fractured · web · dappled · spotted · irregular · random · organic · abstract

Categories
Opposites
crust texture

tiger breadsoft roll

Yielding individual bread portion

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Family

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