Root Vegetable Bread Loaf Recipe

Name: Carrot and Parsnip Bread Loaf
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 160 min
Ingredients: 100 ml milk; 145 ml water ((lukewarm)); 1 tsp yeast; 2 tbs oil ((rapeseed or similar)); 200 g strong white bread flour; 150 g strong brown bread flour; 140 g grated root vegetables ((grated finely. I used a mix of carrot and parsnip and swede)); 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp butter ((to grease bread tin))

Published on October 17, 2017 by Helen 62 Comments
Last Updated on August 26, 2020

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Enjoy a helping of extra veg in our easy to make root vegetable loaf. A great winter loaf which is delicious with soup or ideal for sandwiches.

This root vegetable bread loaf is perfect for autumn, sandwiches and served spread with butter to accompany a bowl of soup. We usually bake sourdough boules but sometimes life gets in the way and we forget to start the sourdough the day before we want to bake. This yeasted vegetable bread is ideal for using up the last of your root vegetables from the bottom of the salad crisper. The crumb is dense, but moist and soft making it ideal to slice thinly for sandwiches.

The first iteration of this recipe was prompted by the contents of the local veg box co-op we supported. During the winter months, the weekly box was long on root vegetables of all varieties including carrots, parsnips, turnips and swedes. We really appreciated that the box scheme was focussed on economically priced, low food miles vegetables that were in season, and it did prompt plenty of inventiveness about new things to do with root vegetables. This root vegetable bread is one result; sadly, the fruit and veg co-op is no more, but its spirit lives on whenever we bake this bread.

We used carrots and parsnips, but the recipe will work with a mix of any of carrots, parsnips, swede or turnips. Use a good strong bread flour – we prefer a Canadian bread flour and made a wet dough, with 75% of the weight of flour in liquid. You need a good strong flour with lots of gluten to make a well developed dough to support the grated vegetables. A wetter dough will give a light, open crumb, rather than dense loaf resulting from the extra ingredients, and the milk both helps the loaf rise and makes it softer. Both tweaks worked well, with the resulting loaf being neither heavy or dense. The final tip is to make sure that the vegetable have been grated finely.

The high hydration does mean that the dough doesn’t come together as quickly or as fully as one without the root vegetables; hand kneading isn’t the tidiest process, but the end results are worth it. If you do have a stand mixer, this bread is a perfect candidate for the kneading hook to avoid some of the stickiness.

Don’t worry if you think the finished loaf will be overly flavoured by the vegetables, – there’s a hint of both sweetness and a savouryness, but no more than a hint. It’s a great loaf for sliced thin for sandwiches, or accompanying a bowl of homemade soup – slather on the butter and enjoy. Another great way to enjoy it is with a blob of my carrot jam.

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I now always use butter to grease loaf tins. which I find much more effective than oil, which runs down the tin. Using a solid fat like butter means this doesn’t happen, and the loaf is far less likely to stick. If it doesn’t come out with a couple of shakes, run the tin under the cold tap and that should do it.

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Root vegetable bread; here made with carrot and parsnip, a great winter loaf.

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Carrot and Parsnip Bread Loaf

A moist, flavoursome bread loaf with added carrots and parsnips to get you on your way to 5 a day! A dense but soft crumb makes it this egg free bread ideal for sandwiches.

Servings: slices (1 medium loaf)

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time2 hrs

Cook Time40 mins

Total Time2 hrs 40 mins

Ingredients

100 ml milk
145 ml water ((lukewarm))
1 tsp yeast
2 tbs oil ((rapeseed or similar))
200 g strong white bread flour
150 g strong brown bread flour
140 g grated root vegetables ((grated finely. I used a mix of carrot and parsnip and swede))
1 tsp salt
1 tsp butter ((to grease bread tin))

Instructions

Add the yeast to water and milk and whisk in until dissolved. Add the remaining ingredients and bring together to a rough and shaggy dough.
Knead the dough for about 10 minutes until stretchy and pliable. Place the dough back in the bowl, and cover.
Allow to rise for hour or so, until light and puffy, and doubled in size.
Knock back and form into a loaf shape. Transfer to a greased loaf tin, cover, and leave to proof, for another hour or so.
Bake at 200°C/Gas mark 6 for 40 minutes. It's done when it sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.

Notes

Freezes well.
This recipe is 4 Weight Watchers Smart Points per portion
Use up leftover leaven in our leftover sourdough leaven loaf

• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

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Nutrition Facts

Carrot and Parsnip Bread Loaf

Amount Per Serving

Calories 141 Calories from Fat 27

% Daily Value*

Fat 3g5%

Sodium 199mg9%

Potassium 88mg3%

Carbohydrates 24g8%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 1g1%

Protein 3g6%

Vitamin A 15IU0%

Vitamin C 2mg2%

Calcium 18mg2%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Bread

Cuisine: Bread

Keyword: Bread, root vegetable loaf

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This would be delicious with a side of our slow cooker red cabbage for a winter boost of extra vegetables!

This was the first time we made this loaf; way back in March 2012, as tasty then as it is now. Our photography has improved somewhat, though!

Recipe originally posted March 2012 – updated October 2017.

A delicious loaf of root vegetable bread.

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