Andersen Bakery "English" Bread Recipe Request [Moved from SF Bay Area board]

[dcnoise]

My Japanese American wife is yearning for a recipe that approximates the "English" bread sold in Andersen Bakeries in and around The Bay area. The white bread is a bit like a cross between a pain de mie and a brioche loaf - flaky and buttery and toasts amazingly. It is impossible to find here in London and we have been unable to source either a supplier or even a recipe. Can anyone help? Please?

[sandylc]

The bakery website says that the bread is shortening-based - ?

[dcnoise]

We're still ploughing through all the references we can found but it's definitely different to Japanese "white" bread. It doesn't taste "buttery" either so still uncertain.

[todao]

You mention its similarity to brioche. Is this "English" bread a perfectly "white" bread or slightly yellow in color? The reason I ask is that the English make a Challah that incorporates honey in the formula.

[dcnoise]

Thanks Todao - it's completely white but almost flakey in its consistency. It's definitely not a challa or honeyed. We live in London and have occasionally found similar bread at Japan Centre but it is sadly not the same. The quest continues!

[wolfe]

Try for recipes on Home Cooking Board.
http://usa.andersenbakery.com/store/p...

[dcnoise]

Thanks Wolfe. Sadly no further lead from website.