Baking recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has white flour, wholemeal flour, porridge oat, bicarbonate of soda, salt, butter and buttermilk.
Irish soda bread
Course: Baking
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Butter: 25g butter, cut in pieces
- Bicarbonate Of Soda: 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Salt: 1 tsp salt
- Porridge Oat: 100g porridge oats
- Buttermilk: 500ml buttermilk
- Wholemeal Flour: 250g plain wholemeal flour
- White Flour: 250g plain white flour
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C and dust a baking sheet with flour. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl, then rub in the butter. Pour in the buttermilk and mix it in quickly with a table knife, then bring the dough together very lightly with your fingertips (handle it very, very gently). Now shape it into a flat, round loaf measuring 20cm/8in in diameter.
- Put the loaf on the baking sheet and score a deep cross in the top. (Traditionally, this lets the fairies out, but it also helps the bread to cook through.) Bake for 30-35 minutes until the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. If it isn't ready after this time, turn it upside down on the baking sheet and bake for a few minutes more.
- Transfer to a wire rack, cover with a clean tea towel (this keeps the crust nice and soft) and leave to cool. To serve, break into quarters, then break or cut each quarter in half to make 8 wedges or slices - or simply slice across. Eat very fresh.
