Tiger Bread

This is a white bread with a distinctive crackly, mottled crust. It is also sometimes called giraffe bread.

 

Ingredients:

1 sachet yeast (or 2 tsp dried yeast reconstituted in warm water)

500 g strong white bread flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

3 tbsp sesame oil

300 ml warm water

 

paste:

125 ml warm water

750 g corn flour or rice flour

1 tsp sugar

½ tsp yeast

½ tsp salt

1 tbsp sesame oil

 

Instructions:

1. Mix the dough ingredients together well. Leave to rise, covered, until doubled, about an hour.

2. Shape into a loaf.

3. Mix the ingredients for the paste together, leave for a little while, then spread on the loaf. Leave to rise again for 30 minutes.

4. Bake at 220 C for 20-30 minutes.