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Heading: Bread & Baking
Cuisine: British & Irish
Food Type: Vegetarian
No of Portions: 8
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Ingredients & Prep
375 g
White flour
100 g
wholemeal flour
285 ml
Buttermilk
100 g
Butter unsalted melted
20 g
Caster sugar
1 tsp
Bicarbonate of Soda
1 tsp
Baking powder
1 Egg large
1 tsp
Salt
Method
Step 1
Put butter in a bowl (not metal) in microwave oven for 1 min & set aside, pre heat an oven to 170'c
Step 2
Place both flours, bi carb, baking powder, sugar & salt in a bowl & mix well, then make a well in the flour mix.
Step 3
In the butter bowl add buttermilk & egg then whisk all together, tip the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture & mix well.
Step 4
Tip out dough onto a floured work top, knead using floured finger tips & bring together from the edges inwards, then turn over & wipe off excess flour, you can either place in a loaf tin, push dough down flat in the tin, then with a knife make a cut a line length ways about 2cm deep. Or bake traditionally by forming dough into a doughnut shape, place on a non-stick baking sheet & make a cross cut with a knife 2cm deep.
Step 5
Place in the oven & bake for 35 min in a loaf tin or 30 mins traditionally, push a skewer in the middle, pull out & if clean you know its cooked, should sound hollow when taped on the base.
Suggestion & Tips
Once the dough is made bake as soon as possible. Soda bread is great with a fry up.