With its iconic crackled crust and pillowy centre, tiger bread is a unbelievable baking recipe to have up your sleeve. Our straightforward recipe is straightforward, and makes a fantastic weekend challenge
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:25 minutes
- Prepare dinner:35 minutes
- (plus 2 hours of rising)
- Straightforward
- Makes 10-12 slices
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
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Components
- 500g sturdy white bread flour, plus further for kneading
- 7g sachet quick motion yeast
- 1½ tsp caster sugar
- 1½ tsp high-quality sea salt
- 300-350ml heat water
- vegetable oil, for the bowl
For the topping
- 90g rice flour
- ½ x 7g sachet quick motion yeast
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp golden caster sugar
- ½ tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 90ml heat water
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Methodology
- STEP 1
Tip the flour into a big mixing bowl. Stir by means of the yeast, sugar and salt. Make a effectively within the center and regularly pour within the water. Swiftly combine collectively, then end up onto a calmly floured floor. Knead the bread for 8-10 minutes or till clean and elastic. Calmly oil a big mixing bowl, then put the dough within the bowl, cowl and go away in a heat place for 1 hr or till doubled in dimension.
- STEP 2
As soon as the dough has risen, tip it onto a worktop and knead it 3 times. Form the dough into an oval as greatest you may. Calmly flour a baking sheet and sit the loaf on it. Cowl loosely with calmly oiled cling movie and go away for an additional 45 mins-1 hr or till doubled in dimension once more.
- STEP 3
Warmth oven to 200C/180C fan/fuel 6. Whisk collectively the entire topping components in a small bowl till you get a spreadable paste, including extra water and/or flour if mandatory, then put aside to relaxation for five minutes. Gently unfold the combination over the loaf with a palette knife. Place the baking sheet within the centre of the oven and bake for 35 minutes. As soon as cooked, the loaf ought to sound hole when the bottom is tapped and may really feel mild for its dimension. Go away to chill utterly earlier than slicing into slices.