Make Irish soda bread
Have a go at making your own Irish soda bread. Try it for breakfast, lunch or tea, slap on some butter, use it to mop up your stew, this bread goes with everything. This soda bread can be cooked over a fire, but our recipe will be the oven version.
- 2 cups plain white flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
Method
STEP 1
Grab a grown-up to preheat the oven to 200C and prepare a baking sheet by dusting it with flour.
STEP 2
Mix the flour, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour the buttermilk into the dry mix and quickly combine with a table knife or fork. As the dough begins to form, use your fingers to squish it all together on a lightly floured surface.
STEP 3
Knead gently, but not too much (if the dough seems stiff add a little milk). Shape the dough into a round loaf and flatten it slightly and place it on your baking sheet. Score a deep cross on the top, this will help the bread cook all the way through. Ask your grown-up to bake your bread for 30-35 minutes.聽
STEP 4
A grown-up will come in handy to test if the bread is ready by taping the bottom of the loaf, when it sounds hollow it is ready. If it doesn't sound hollow, turn the bread upside down and bake for a few more minutes.
Once the loaf sounds ready, ask your grown-up to transfer the bread to a wire rack, cover it with a clean tea towel and leave it to cool. The tea towel will produce a good crust, delicious!
STEP 5
Eat the bread once it's cooled, it's at its best nice and fresh 馃構