Irish Soda Bread

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Servings: 8 Difficulty: Advanced
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Irish Soda Bread

Author: chefs-mate Cooking Method: Cuisine: Courses:
Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 8 Calories: 766.8

Description

This Irish bread features Flour 1/2 teaspoon Bicarbonate of soda, Sugar 1 1/4 c Buttermilk: to 2 1/2 c *, Salt. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. Wonderful fresh from the oven, pairs well with any meal. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. You will need somewhere between these two amounts of buttermilk, depending on how much liquid your flour tends to absorb.
  2. Try to avoid using regular milk: if you must, use baking powder instead of bicarbonate of soda.
  3. Lightly
  4. grease a heavy skillet (if making "soda farl", the flat version of soda bread) or
  5. preheat the oven to 450 F (232&# 194;°C) (if making "soda cake", the round, more breadlike version.)
  6. Sift the dry ingredients together into a large bowl;
  7. make sure the soda is evenly distributed.
  8. Make a well in the center of the dry mixture and add about half the buttermilk.
  9. Stir until you have a raggy dough that is very squashy but which looks more or less dry.
  10. Add more liquid sparingly until you achieve this texture.
  11. Blend until all the flour has achieved this consistency; then turn out immediately onto a lightly floured board and
  12. knead ***for no more than a minute or a minute and a half***.
  13. Overkneading makes this bread very tough, and it's very easy to overdo it.
  14. If making soda cake,
  15. shape the dough into a circle about 8-9 inches across and about an inch and a half thick.
  16. Cut a cross about on the top, about half an inch deep, and place on a floured baking sheet.
  17. Bake at 450 F (232ðC) for 45-50 minutes.
  18. If making soda farl,
  19. shape the dough into a circle about 9 inches by one inch thick and
  20. cut into four wedges or "farls":
  21. place in the preheated skillet, with
  22. cut edges about half an inch apart.
  23. Cook slowly on the stovetop over low-to-medium
  24. heat : it should take about 20 minutes for the farls to puff up and turn a light brown on the pan side.
  25. Turn them and cook for another 20 minutes.
  26. For a softer crust on either soda cake or soda farl, wrap in a dishtowel after baking.
  27. For more information on making sodabread and its variations

Nutrition Facts

Servings 8

Amount Per Serving
Calories 766.8kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 2.1g4%
Saturated Fat 0.4g2%
Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
Sodium 2441.7mg102%
Total Carbohydrate 160.2g54%
Dietary Fiber 5.7g23%
Sugars 1.3g
Protein 21.0g42%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: baking, bicarbonate, blending, bread, buttermilk, flour, irish, salt, soda, sugar, teaspoon, title, vegetarian
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