Russian Potato Bread

Name: Russian Potato Bread
Yield: Makes One Loaf
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 7 g packet easy-blend (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 225 g/8 oz potatoes, peeled and diced; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup wholemeal (whole-wheat) bread flour, plus extra for sprinkling; 2.5 ml/½ tsp caraway seeds, crushed; 10 ml/2 tsp salt; 350 g/12 oz/3 cups unbleached white bread flour

Preparation info

Makes
One
Loaf

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

The Russians use potatoes for everything – when they’re not eating them, they’re making vodka with them or, as in this recipe, baking bread.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz potatoes, peeled and diced
7 g packet easy-blend (rapid-rise) dried

Europe
Russia
Vegetarian
Bread
Eastern Europe

Method

Lightly grease a baking sheet. Add the potatoes to a pan of boiling water and cook until tender. Drain and reserve 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔