Cracked Bread
This is a simple yet tasty bread with a simple additional paste for the top that creates a cracked tiger effect on the top.
Ingredients
Serves: 32
- 7g packet dried yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 525ml warm water (40 - 45 degrees C), divided
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 750g plain flour
- Cracking Paste
- 3 tablespoons cornflour
- 2/3 cup (170ml) milk
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:35min ›
Ready in:1hour5min
- In a large mixing bowl dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in 60ml water; let stand for 10 minutes.
- Add salt and remaining water to yeast mixture. Stir in 400g of the flour then beat until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
- Turn onto a floured surface then knead until smooth and elastic; about 6 to 8 minutes. Place dough in an oiled bowl turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled; about 1 hour.
- Combine the cornflour and milk then mix until smooth.
- Punch dough down. Shape into two loaves. Place in two oiled 1kg loaf tins. Cover with the 'tiger paste' by brushing it on liberally with a pastry brush. Cover and let rise until doubled; about 1 hour.
- Bake at 180 degrees C for 35 to 40 minutes.
- You'll see the 'cracking' appear on the crust as it bakes. Once bread is done remove from tins and cool on wire racks.
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, yum!, I used the bread machine to make the dough and cooked in the oven. - 05 Jun 2011
Something else. A couple of key ingredients of tiger bread are sesame oil to be used in the dough mixture, And a paste made of rice flour and water to be painted on the bread mid baking to give that distinctive pattern. Anything else just isnt tiger bread sorry Paul - 28 May 2010 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)
It was quite nice but mine weren't like the ones you get in the shops which was what I wanted so I was a bit disappointed but apart from that they were okay! - 11 Apr 2010 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)