Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread

Here's 2 recipe's for soda bread the first one is more traditional however the alternative recipe isn't to bad if you can't get hold of buttermilk.

Recipe

6oz Plain Flour

6oz Wholemeal Flour

½ Tsp Salt

½ Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

½ Tsp Cream of Tartar

½ Pint of Buttermilk

Method

Sieve the flours twice to remove any husk from the wholemeal, sieve in all other dry ingredients and mix to distribute through the flour.

Make a well in the flour and pour in the Buttermilk and mix gently with a knife until most of the flour is taken, tip the mix onto a board and  knead gently with floured hands (add more milk if necessary)

Bake in a hot oven for 20 mins and reduce to 200 ̊C for a further 20 mins.

Alternative Recipe

2lb Plain Flour

2 Tsp Cream of Tartar

1 Pint of Milk

1 Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

Method

Sieve all dry ingredients into a bowl, and mix to distribute evenly throughout. Make a well in the centre and pour in the milk and mix gently with a knife until most of the flour is taken, tip the mix onto a board and  knead gently with floured hands (add more milk if necessary)

Bake at 205 ̊C for 1 hour or more. (Cover with Foil half way through so as not to get too brown).