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Monday, 9 May 2022

Soda Bread

 It was Mother's day 2022 and I know it's a day I should be relaxing and reading a book but I find cooking relaxing. So after a wonderful visit from my children and grandchildren I whipped up this quick Irish Soda Bread (thanks to recipetineats).  It is really easy, just ensure you have the ingredients in the pantry, no Buttermilk, no problem just add a little lemon juice or vinegar to some full cream milk.   I was trying to take a photo of the crumb to show you the texture, but maybe a little bit of butter got in the way. :)




Ingredients

2 cups white, plain flour

1 3/4 cups wholemeal flour

3 Tablespoons extra flour

1 1/2 Teaspoons, bi carb soda

1 1/2 Teaspoons salt

2 cups buttermilk

Method

Preheat oven to 220 degrees celsius

Line baking tray with baking paper

Combine flours (not the extra flour), bi carb and salt in a bowl, whisk to distribute

Add buttermilk and stir until it is too hard to stir anymore.

Sprinkle the extra flour onto a clean work surface, tip dough out and incorporate more flour if needed

Knead for no more than 8 times, just bringing the dough together into a ball

Transfer to the lined baking tray, shape into a disk and cut a cross on the surface

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes and then turn oven down to 200 degrees

Bake a further 20 minutes or until the base sounds hollow when tapped, mine took only 15 minutes

Transfer to a rack and cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing (if you can manage it)


Now you can have bread anytime you like.


Mamma Marmalade


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