Soda Bread

Soda Bread is super quick to make and needs no kneading. The soured milk acts with the bicarbonate to make a fluffy interior.

Ingredients

  • 450g wholemeal flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 350ml soured milk (you can add 1tsp lemon juice to 'ordinary' milk to sour it).

Method

Preheat your oven to 230C /GM8.

Sift flour and baking soda into a large bowl. Using a knife, add the milk gradually, stirring all the time until it forms a light dough. You may need a splash more of milk if there’s lots of flour over in the bowl.

Turn out onto a floured surface and shape it into a rough round about 3cm high. Use the knife to slash a cross and stab the corners (great anger management technique). Pop onto a floured baking sheet and put in the oven for 15 minutes.

Turn the oven down to 200C / GM6 and bake for another 20 minutes. Flip the bread and continue baking for another 10 to 20 minutes.

It’s done when you tap the base, and it sounds hollow.

Variation

Instead of the ingredients above you can change it up a little and make it vegan too; use 200g plain white flour and 150g wholemeal flour, 50g oats, 1tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda, and 300ml oat milk.

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