John Cage's Homemade Bread

Name: John Cage's Homemade Bread
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Ingredients: 5 cups vegetable puree or gruel (see note); 5 cups stone-ground wholewheat flour; 4 tablespoons fresh minced dill; 1 teaspoon salt

By Moria Hodgson

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling time
Rating: 4(18)
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Ingredients

5cups vegetable puree or gruel (see note)
5cups stone-ground wholewheat flour
4tablespoons fresh minced dill
1teaspoon salt

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
Combine puree and flour in a large mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly. If the mixture is too liquid to knead add more flour. If too dry add more liquid.
Step 2
Knead the mixture for 10 minutes. Turn into an 8½-by-4½-by-2½ breadpan.
Step 3
Bake in a pre-heated 375 degree oven for 1 hour 15 minutes.
Step 4
Turn out onto a rack and cool.

Tip

Mr. Cage uses leftover cooked vegetables such as broccoli, kale, spinach, carrots, celery, celery root and squash, which he purees in a food processor with vegetable stock or water. The bread has the consistency of a dense German pumpernickel and goes well with smoked salmon.