Jul 8, 2024

Basic Irish Soda Bread

A simple and quickly bread basic recipe. You can add additional flavours such as cinnamon, seeds (like pumpkin- or sesame seeds), honey, raisins, etc.

Chef's notes

More information about its origins: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_bread

Details

  • ⏲️ Prep time: 10 min
  • 🍳 Cook time: 45 min
  • 🍽️ Servings: 4-8

Ingredients

  • 500 gr whole grain flour
  • 450 ml butter milk
  • 10 gr (sea)salt
  • 15 gr baking soda (not US's "baking powder") (also known as sodium bicarbonate)
  • a bit of butter or olive oil

Directions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 220°C
  2. Put all flour in a bowl with baking soda and salt. Mix it well.
  3. Create a hole in the middle and pour all butter milk in the center.
  4. Stir it from the centre and slowly mixing all together until you get a dough.
  5. When mixed, the dough is sticky. Use all purpose flour on counter and bulge to the same size as your skillet.
  6. Use a bit of butter or olive oil to wet the skillet to prevent sticky bread. And put the dough in your skillet.
  7. Add a but of flour on top of the dough and then cut lightly a X.
  8. Bake for ±45 min on 220°C until done (inside temperature must be at least 95°C). Turn up the heat for the last 5 min to get a crust.
  9. Let the bread cool down a bit before taking it out the skillet, and let it cool down even more before eating.
  10. Donate some sats to me if you like this recipe.