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Irish Soda Bread

Servings 4
Description
Quick bread recipe from Ireland.
Ingredients
  • 1.5 plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 tablespoons butter (softened)
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
    • For spicy garlic butter
  • Softened butter
  • grated garlic
  • chilli flakes
Instructions
  1. Sieve together the flour, BP and baking soda twice.
  2. In a mixing bowl put the softened butter, sugar, salt, honey. Mix well with spoon till well blended.
  3. Add the buttermilk and mix once. Add the sieved dry ingredients and mix once with spoon. May add little more buttermilk if dough is too stiff. But it should be too sticky or wet.
  4. Now knead/ mix with hands into a dough. If required you may add few more tbsp of buttermilk but 1/2 cup was all that I needed. Knead the dough over a floured platform lightly and without applying too much pressure. Sprinkle some more flour on the the platform if req. Knead till the surface of the dough is smooth. This wont take long, may be 5 to 7 mins.
  5. Flatten the dough (not too thin, may be similar to the thickness of a thick pizza base). Keep the dough on a floured baking tray. Sprinkle a tsp or two of flour on top of the rolled out dough.
  6. Make a vertical slit in the centre of the dough, not all the way through. It should be just enough to let the bread bake well and also to mark the portions for serving. Do the same horizantally. Now you have 4 equal slices. Sprinkle very little flour between the slits.
  7. Bake in a pre heated at 160 C for 30 mins till most of the top turns light brown. Keep 5 to 10 mins more if req.
  8. Serve this freshly baked bread warm or at room temp with Spicy Garlic Butter.
  9. Mix together butter, grated garlic, chilli flakes & its ready! You may also add some dried oregano.
Note
If the top is getting too dark when baking, cover the top with aluminium foil.
You may serve the bread as it is or toast the baked bread before serving.
You may also add some raisins to the dough.
This bread calls for minimum handling of dough and should not be kneaded too much.
Do not use self raising flour as the recipe already contains baking powder.
Read it online: https://prathiruchi.com/recipe/irish-soda-bread/