Soda Bread

Name: Soda Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Makes 1 large round loaf
Ingredients: 25 g (1 oz) butter or margarine, chilled and cubed; 25 g (1 oz) butter or margarine, chilled and cubed; about 450 ml (¾ pint) buttermilk; 500 g (1 lb) wholemeal flour; 175 g (6 oz) plain white flour; 1 rounded teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Makes
1
large round loaf

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Good Soup Book

By Lindsey Bareham

Published 1997

About

Bread and soup were made for each other, particularly when the bread is crusty and freshly made. Soda bread doesn’t need yeast or lengthy proving, and it’s child’s-play to make. Eat it hot from the oven, cut into chunks with plenty of butter.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) wholemeal flour
175 g (6

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 6/200°C/400°F. Mix the flours, salt and bicarbonate together in a mixing bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips, lifting the mixture high above the bowl to get air into the dough. Continue until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Usin