What is the best way to make Irish soda bread?!
What is the best way to make Irish soda bread?
Answers:
Use a standard bread recipe and substitute bicarbonate of soda for yeast.
put a bread in soda while you are in Ireland...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/databa...
It's easy to follow and authentic.
Irresistible Irish Soda Bread
SUBMITTED BY: Karin Christian
"A very easy, very good tasting bread. Best if made the day before, or several hours before serving."
Original recipe yield:
1 - 9x5 inch loaf
PREP TIME 15 Min
COOK TIME 1 Hr 10 Min
READY IN 1 Hr 25 Min
PHOTO BY: REDPONYGIRL US METRIC
SERVINGS About scaling and conversions
INGREDIENTS
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and baking soda. Blend egg and buttermilk together, and add all at once to the flour mixture. Mix just until moistened. Stir in butter. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 65 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Wrap in foil for several hours, or overnight, for best flavor.
Hi! I LOVE Irish soda bread -- I make it every St. Patrick's Day. Even better, if you use nonfat buttermilk, it's totally fat-free!
Here's the recipe I like best:
4 C unbleached white flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 - 1 1/2 Cups buttermilk
You can, of course, halve the recipe for a smaller loaf.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Sift the dry ingredients together into a large bowl. Make a well in the middle and add 1 C of the buttermilk. Stir with a large spoon (I just use my hands) until the dough can be gathered into a ball. If it's too dry and crumbly add more buttermilk, a tablespoon at a time.
Knead the dough a few times and shape it into a circular flattish loaf.about 8 inches across. and 1 - 2 inches thick. With a sharp knife cut a shallow cross in the top to allow for rising and spreading. Then bake on a baking sheet (I stick it into a round cake pan) for about 45 minutes or until golden brown. Serve at once. It's also good after it's cold, too.
Enjoy!
Irish Soda Bread:
50 min 10 min prep
2 loaves
6 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups buttermilk
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Add all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
3. Add all of buttermilk at once and stir until soft dough forms.
4. It might be a little lumpy, but don't worry about it at this point. Pour contents of bowl out onto the counter and knead for a minute or so until blended.
5. Divide dough into two portions and shape each portion into a round loaf, with lightly flattened tops.
6. Put loaves on large ungreased baking sheet, preferably the nonstick kind.
7. Sprinkle some additional flour on top of each loaf and with a sharp knife, cut a cross in two slashes across the top of each loaf.
8. Let the loaves sit for 10 minutes and bake for 40 minutes, or until golden brown.
9. Makes 2 loaves.
Soda Bread
Ingredients
170g/6oz self-raising wholemeal flour
170g/6oz plain flour
? tsp salt
? tsp bicarbonate of soda
290ml/? pint buttermilk
Method
1.Preheat the oven to 400F/200C/Gas 6.
2. Tip the flours, salt and bicarbonate of soda into a large mixing bowl and stir.
3. Make a well in the centre and pour in the buttermilk, mixing quickly with a large fork to form a soft dough. (Depending upon the absorbency of the flour, you may need to add a little milk if the dough seems too stiff but it should not be too wet or sticky.)
4.Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly.
5. Form into a round and flatten the dough slightly before placing on a lightly floured baking sheet.
6. Cut a cross on the top and bake for about 30 minutes or until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on a wire rack.