Maine Potato Bread Food

MAINE POTATO STUFFING

Steps:

• Place one stick of butter in a medium skillet or sauté pan and heat over medium heat. Once melted, add onions and celery and sauté for ten minutes or until the vegetables are tender and the onions are starting to caramelize. Remove from heat and add the rest of the butter. It will just melt into the onions as you prepare the rest of the dish. Set aside.
• Remove crust from the sour dough loaf and cut the remaining bread into cubes. Place in a food processor and process until the bread is coarsely chopped. Don't over process.
• Pour this into a large bowl and add the Bell's (or other poultry seasoning of your choice), salt, pepper and parsley and toss.
• While the onions are cooking, peel and cut the potatoes into one-inch pieces and place in a pot of salted water and boil until fork tender, about 5-10 minutes.
• Heat the one cup of half & half to hot. OK to heat in microwave about one minute.
• Drain the potatoes then place back in the pan with the hot half & half and coarsely mash leaving some chunks.
• Toss the bowl of bread with the onion and butter mixture then add this to the mashed potatoes and stir with a wooden spoon.
• Taste and adjust seasoning if needed, then serve in a bowl with additional butter over the top.

POTATO BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to bread machine in order listed, or as recommended by your bread machine.
• Select desired setting and press start.
• I make this using the basic cycle and the lightest crust setting.

MAINE POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Cook the shredded potato in just enough water to cover it, for 10 minutes. Cool & drain.
• Combine cooled & drained potato with orange juice concentrate, water, marmalade, oil and egg.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Add the liquid ingredients and stir just until combined.
• Spoon batter into 3 greased mini loaf pans and bake at 350° for 30-35 minute or until tester comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 10 minute then remove from pans and let cool.

HEARTY MAINE BREAD

Steps:

• Load all of the above ingredients in order wet to dry into bread machine.
• Press go.

BREAD MACHINE POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to machine according to manufaturer's direction.
• Select dough cycle.
• Remove from machine and shape into 2 loaves.
• Place in greased loaf pan.
• Let rise in warm place app 40 minutes.
• Bake in a preheated 400* oven for 10 minutes.
• Lower temperature to 350* and bake another 20 minutes.
• Tip;.
• Bring 2 cups water to a boil in microwave for 4 minutes.
• Turn microwave off but leave water inside.
• Place bread inside to rise(don't turn Microwave on).
• It should be perfect for the oven in 30 minutes,.

POTATO BREAD-BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Pour the water and oil into the bread pan. If your instructions specify that the yeast is to placed into the pan first, reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients.
• Sprinkle over the flour, ensuring that it covers the water. Add the mashed potato and milk powder. Add the salt and sugar in separate corners of the bread pan. Make a small indent into the centre of the flour and add the yeast.
• Set the machine to basic and medium crust and start.
• To glaze the loaf, brush the top with milk either at the beginning of cooking time or halfway through.

IRISH POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Please note the above ingredients are approximate. Potato Bread is best made while potatoes are still hot.
• Peel and boil potatoes until tender.
• While hot, mash potatoes well with salt and butter.
• Gradually work in flour in smaller increments until a soft dough forms. Dough should be a little tacky but workable.
• Turn out onto floured surface and knead for about 1 minute.
• Divide and roll into a circular shape about 9" and 1/4" thick.
• Cut into 6 or 8 'farls' (wedges).
• Grill in a hot, greased griddle or pan until well browned on both sides.

FARMHOUSE POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Peel and boil about 6 small potatoes in salted water in a small saucepan. In the meantime, measure the milk, margarine, sugar and salt together. When the potatoes have cooked through, drain them and mash in the milk mixture. Transfer into a food processor and pulse until smooth. By now, the mixture should have cooled to about 110 degrees. Sprinkle in the yeast and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Place the flour in the bowl of a stand mixer and attach the dough hook. Pour in the potato mixture and run the mixer for 10 minutes. Coat the dough ball with half of the olive oil and roll it around in the bowl. Cover the bowl with a moist cloth and let rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes or until doubled.
• Using a floured surface, knead the dough about a dozen times; coat it with the remaining olive oil and return it to the bowl. Cover with the moist cloth and let it rise again in a warm place for about 30 minutes or until doubled.
• Use cooking spray to coat two loaf pans. Punch the dough down, form it into two separate loaves and set it into the pans. Cover it and let it rise one final time in the warm place for about 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Mix the honey and water together and brush it over the surface of the loaves. Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until a rich golden brown, and hollow sounding when tapped. Cool for 5 minutes, then remove from pans to cool completely.