Potato bread is a form of

bread Bread is a baked food product made from water, flour, and often yeast. It is a staple food across the world, particularly in Europe and the Middle East. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cu ...

in which potato flour or

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replaces a portion of the regular

wheat flour Wheat flour is a powder made from the grinding of common wheat used for human consumption. Wheat varieties are called "soft" or "weak" if gluten content is low, and are called "hard" or "strong" if they have high gluten content. Hard flour, or ...

. It is cooked in a variety of ways, including baking it on a hot griddle or pan, or in an oven. It may be leavened or unleavened, and may have a variety of other ingredients baked into it. The ratio of potato to wheat flour varies significantly from recipe to recipe, with some recipes having a majority of potato, and others having a majority of wheat flour. Some recipes call for mashed potatoes, while others call for dehydrated potato flakes. It is available as a commercial product in many countries, with similar variations in ingredients, cooking methods, and other variables.

Alternative names

Potato bread goes by many regional names, including slims, fadge, potato cake, potato farls, and tatie bread in Ireland. " Potato cake" can actually refer to numerous dishes.

Varieties

Brazil

Brazilian potato bread is usually a light airy bread, made in small round loaves with potatoes or potato flour mixed with wheat flour, milk, eggs and yeast and then baked. It can also be found with Catupiry filling and is usually consumed as a snack all over the country.

Chile

Potato bread, in different forms, is a common element of the

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in Southern Chile. The most popular breads are milcao and chapalele, which are part of the traditional curanto.

Germany

''Kartoffelbrot'' () is a potato bread that may contain

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and

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flour. ''Berches'' is a

German-Jewish The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321 CE, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (c. 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish commu ...

bread made for

Shabbat Shabbat (, , or ; , , ) or the Sabbath (), also called Shabbos (, ) by Ashkenazi Hebrew, Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the seven-day week, week—i.e., Friday prayer, Friday–Saturday. On this day, religious Jews ...

. Like other Ashkenazi challot, it is typically braided, but unlike the sweet, eggy challah of eastern Ashkenazi cuisine, ''berches'' bread contains boiled, mashed, and cooled potato, and has no egg and very little sugar in the dough. Some recipes contain oil, and some do not. It is often topped with an egg wash (even if there is no egg incorporated into the dough itself), and poppy seeds. While there are few German Jews left living in Germany, the tradition of making ''berches'' has been carried on by non-Jewish bakers, who are aware of the bread's Jewish history.

Hungary

Potato bread is a part of the cuisine of Hungary.

Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

On the island of Ireland, potato bread or cakes known as boxty () were popular, and may have been a result of the floury types of potatoes that were common in the country. Potato farls are one large round divided into four quadrants or square slices (usually around 0.5–1 cm in thickness) of soft potato bread, lightly powdered with flour and are common in

Ulster Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...

, especially Northern Ireland. They are traditionally used as one of the distinguishing items of food in an Ulster fry, where they are shallow-fried on both sides for a short time and served with soda farls cooked in the same way. They can also be grilled and buttered, or eaten with a variety of toppings. Apple potato cake or "fadge" was cooked in Ireland in autumn, when cooking apples were available, and very popular in the north-east of the country. Freshly cooked potatoes are mixed with melted butter, salt, and flour. It is a potato bread wrapped,

pastry Pastry refers to a variety of Dough, doughs (often enriched with fat or eggs), as well as the sweet and savoury Baking, baked goods made from them. The dough may be accordingly called pastry dough for clarity. Sweetened pastries are often descr ...

-like, around a sweet filling of apples.

Italy

is a variety of

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from the southern Italian region of

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. It is topped with tomatoes, olives, and fresh herbs, such as

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Poland

is a light and airy potato bread.

Scotland

The Scottish tattie scone, also known as a "tottie scone" or "potato scone", is similar to the Irish potato farl. They are generally shaped as one large round divided into four quadrants, in a similar fashion to traditional Scottish oatcakes, or as small rounds.

United States

Potato bread is commercially available in the United States as a light and airy bread very similar to normal mass-produced white bread, but with a yellow tint, thicker texture, and a light potato flavor.

Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc. is a family owned and operated bakery company, headquartered in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Its potato roll is favored as a hamburger and sandwich bun by many famous chefs, including Danny Meyer ...

, a large manufacturer of potato bread products, announced plans to build a facility in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 2024.

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sweet potato bread is a variation on potato bread that uses

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es.

References

External links

* A common Irish recipe in Wikibooks
Ireland's eye -potato bread recipe
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