Soda bread

Name: Soda bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Makes 1 × 800 g (1 lb 10 oz) loaf
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda; 500 g (1 lb) white bread flour; 2 teaspoons cream of tartar; 2 teaspoons caster sugar; ½ teaspoon salt; 30 g (1 oz) butter or lard, cubed and chilled; 1 tablespoon milk; 250 ml (8 fl oz) buttermilk

Preparation info

Makes
1 × 800 g
loaf

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Bread

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

About

A traditional Irish bread made with bicarbonate of soda instead of yeast and with buttermilk adding extra richness.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) white bread flour
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to a moderately hot 200°C (400°F/Gas 6). Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cream of tartar, salt and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Tip the mixture onto a sheet of greaseproof paper, then sieve again into the bowl (this ensures the raising