Ezekiel 4:9 Bread...In the Bread Machine

KJV Ezekiel 4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

I like the old King James translation - some versions use the word emmer or spelt for the fitches listed here - they all refer to a low yielding wheat like plant...I used spelt because that was what I had available...but I've found emmer for sale at amazon and I'd like to give that a try too...

...the really interesting thing about this bread is "when these six grains and legumes are sprouted and combined, an amazing thing happens. A complete protein is created that closely parallels the protein found in milk and eggs. In fact, the protein quality is so high, that it is 84.3% as efficient as the highest recognized source of protein, containing all 9 essential amino acids. There are 18 amino acids present in this unique bread – from all vegetable sources – naturally balanced in nature."...and it's a vegan bread recipe from thousands of years ago...specifically designed to preserve life during a siege...

...anywhooo...I was researching different recipes and decided to see if we could make it in the bread machine...

...well...of course you can...'cause Cain't never could do nothin'...

...lightly cook some beans in water...about 1/2 hour...

...then add millet, lentils and barley...

...let that cook another 15 minutes or so...

...put your water, whole wheat flour, spelt, and wheat gluten into the bread maker...turn it on to mix the dough, then turn it off and let it soak overnight - like we did with the soaked whole wheat bread...

...the next morning - add the salt...

...and yeast...

...drain your bean mixture...

...and put it in the food processor...

...pulse just a few times...

...so that there is still some texture not just mush...

...let the bread machine mix in the yeast and salt...

...then add the bean/lentil mixture and turn the machine back on at the beginning - for my machine I had to turn it off and unplug it to get it to reset back to the beginning of the Whole Wheat cycle...

...after about 3 1/2 hours this is what came out of the bread machine...

...a hearty nutty grainy whole wheat bread...

...a closeup...

...I had the first piece with just some Earth Balance...I think there are few things on earth as good a fresh hot bread with Earth Balance...YUM!

...then for dinner I had it toasted with some Daiya cheese and a salad...

Ezekiel Bread in the Bread Machine

1 1/2 cups bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup spelt flour
1 tablespoon wheat gluten
1 cup water
2 T agave nectar
2 T virgin olive oil
...Put the water, olive oil, and agave nectar in the bread machine first. Then add the bread flour, whole wheat flour, spelt flour, wheat gluten and salt...turn it on to mix the dough, then turn it off and let it soak overnight...

The next morning...

2 teaspoons salt
3 teaspoons yeast
...add the above ingredients to the dough and let the bread machine mix them in...

then...

1 T white beans
1 T red beans
...lightly cook the beans in water...about 1/2 hour

1 T lentils
2 T barley
2 T millet
...add the above ingredients to the beans and cook another 15 minutes...

...drain your bean mixture...and put it in the food processor...pulse just a few times...so that there is still some texture not just mush...allow to cool...then add the bean/lentil mixture and turn the machine back on at the beginning - for my machine I had to turn it off and unplug it to get it to reset back to the beginning of the Whole Wheat cycle...