Brown Soda Bread

Soda bread is like a large savoury scone, and as with scones, the raising agent is sodium bicarbonate, usually in reaction with buttermilk or tartaric acid. The dough for this popular Irish bread contains a mixture of brown and white flours and the proportions are variable. Less brown flour makes a lighter, easier loaf. More brown flour brings more flavour and complexity. In the manner of a professional politician, I have made a decent compromise. It’s traditional – in Ireland anyway – to m