Recipe Idea for Irish Soda Bread
To make 1 5oog (1lb) loaf you will need.
Ingredients
275g (10oz) wholemeal flour
80g (3oz) strong white flour
1 teaspn bread soda (bicarbonate of soda)
Half a teaspn salt
1 teaspn brown sugar
1 egg
280ml (Half pint) buttermilk
50g (2oz) mixed seeds. Optional. E.g. linseed, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds
Method
Pre heat the oven to Gas mark 5, 375oF (190oc)
A well greased 500g (1lb) loaf tin
Measure the dry ingredients into a large bowl, then beat the egg and buttermilk together and add to the dry ingredients.
Mix together well until you have a dropping consistency. Transfer the dough into the tin and gently level the top. Sprinkle with healthy seeds of your choice and bake in the centre of the oven for 50 minutes.
After a few minutes, turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
This loaf will keep well in a bread bin for 2 – 3 days but it’s best eaten on the day it’s made.