<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Cookbook: Tiger bread Media: Tiger bread </Td> </Tr> <P> Tiger bread (also sold as Dutch crunch in the US and sometimes Giraffe bread in the United Kingdom) is the commercial name for a loaf of bread which has a mottled crust . </P> <P> The bread is generally made with sesame oil, which gives it a distinct aroma, and with a pattern baked into the top made by painting rice paste onto the surface prior to baking . The paste dries and cracks during the baking process . The rice paste crust also gives the bread a distinctive flavour . It has a crusty exterior, but is soft inside . Typically, tiger bread is made as a white bread bloomer loaf or bread roll, but the technique can be applied to any shape of bread . </P> <P> The name originated in the Netherlands, where it is known as tijgerbrood or tijgerbol (tiger roll), and where it has been sold at least since the early 1970s . The US supermarket chain Wegmans sells it as "Marco Polo" bread . </P>

What is put on top of tiger bread