Soda Bread
Ready in less than an hour and made with just a few store-cupboard ingredients, who knew that baking bread could be so easy?
Ingredients
- 500 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 400 ml buttermilk
Instructions
- 1
Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/400°F/Gas 6.
- 2
Put the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl, then stir in the buttermilk and mix to combine to a soft dough.
- 3
Tip out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and quickly shape the dough into a ball.
- 4
Flatten the ball slightly and place it on the lined baking tray. Use a metal skewer to cut a cross in the top of the bread, almost down to the base (but without cutting all the way through).
- 5
Bake the loaf for 30 minutes, until golden brown and the base sounds hollow when tapped. Transfer to a wire rack to cool before slicing.
Cook it from the original
This recipe comes from thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk. Their page has the author’s own photos, notes and tips — the best place to cook it from.
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