Irish soda bread

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• Susan

  10 December 2007

  Susan rated and commented on this recipe

  

  My husband said this is the best soda bread he has ever tasted. The trick is definitely not to over knead it.

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• Tara's GF

  23 December 2007

  Tara's GF rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Mmm... tasty

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• ellecookeo

  03 January 2008

  ellecookeo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I just found out that i was sensitive of yeast - Irish soda bread was recommended. This recipe is great, making lovely bread thats very tasty and filling. Goes great with soups and makes fantastic toast. I'd highly recommend it - 2nd batch is in the oven as i type. Thanks

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• Alice

  14 March 2008

  Alice commented on this recipe

  I live in Spain and I have looked for buttermilk but cant find it. Is there an alternative??

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• KateTereza

  17 March 2008

  KateTereza rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Wonderful bread! Easy and tasty! Dear Alice, you can substitute buttermilk with kefir, plain yoghurt or soured milk (mix 1 tablespoon of lemon juice in one liter lukewarm milk, stir well, let stand for 10 minutes and its ready.)

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• Ee-Reh

  16 April 2008

  Ee-Reh rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great soda bread, and an easy to follow recipe. I halved the recipe because I didn't have enough buttermilk - it worked out fine - I just had to add a couple more handfuls of flour. Also, totally forgot to put in the butter(?!) but it was still really good so if you want to cut it out it works fine!

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• o_cat_o

  24 April 2008

  o_cat_o commented on this recipe

  re: alice. Yes you can use either live yoghurt or soured milk as an alternative to butter milk. I use soured milk in mine. I use the same volume milk as buttermilk in the recipe. And i sour it 1st by heating it (in the microwave), then adding 2 tsp lemon juice, then allowing it to cool a little. this makes a kind of lumpy yoghurty mixture, but it works well instead of buttermilk.

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• Reni

  27 July 2008

  Reni commented on this recipe

  Fabulous. Husband especially loved it. In future I'll make two smaller loaves out of this recipe instead of one.

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• Steve6337

  28 July 2008

  Steve6337 commented on this recipe

  re Alice If you are in Spain you can buy buttermilk at SuperSol markets on the Costa del Sol.

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• O2rey

  12 August 2008

  O2rey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  so easy and quick to make! and so good! it simply disappeared in a blink

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• DENNYK

  14 August 2008

  DENNYK rated and commented on this recipe

  

  you can use natural or greek yoghurt in place of Buttermilk

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• DENNYK

  14 August 2008

  DENNYK commented on this recipe

  you can use natural or greek yoghurt in place of Buttermilk

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• cmcewan

  09 September 2008

  cmcewan rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Followed this recipe to the letter and all I got was a bowl of glue. Waste of time and expensive ingredients. Not happy!

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• Elisa

  16 September 2008

  Elisa rated and commented on this recipe

  

  It was very nice. A really good recipe.

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• casey

  24 September 2008

  casey commented on this recipe

  Also followed this to the letter, and it was awful, doughy and tasteless. Not at all like Irish soda bread. Wasted expensive ingredients.

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• Emma

  30 September 2008

  Emma rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this soda bread for my partner (who is Irish) as a St Patrick's Day treat when we were living in the UK and he was extremely impressed. We have since moved to Ireland and I have continued using this recipe serving it to all his Irish relatives and even to my neighbour (an 80 year old Irish lady who is a great traditional cook) and all of them have said how good the recipe is and have encouraged me to cook more.

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• tracy

  04 October 2008

  tracy commented on this recipe

  has anyone tried this with gluten free flour?

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• sorrento

  07 October 2008

  sorrento commented on this recipe

  Made this and it was so good i've passed it onto several friend's.When you mix the ingreadient's it's very wet.But once baked ,divine.Will make this again and again.No waiting for it to rise.I love it just with lashing's of best butter.thank's.

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• sophieew

  08 October 2008

  sophieew commented on this recipe

  my Irish Mother-in-Law uses Hazelnut Yoghurt instead of buttermilk.

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• Lozzers

  25 October 2008

  Lozzers rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Tastes great and a quick and easy loaf to make but I find that it does need much more flour than the recipe states as it always comes out very wet, I haven't yet managed to get it to a state where I could even think about kneading it, its usually more a case of getting it not sloppy enough to get it in approx the right shape on the tray - always tastes good though! My (Irish) mother always made soda bread with sour milk, today I soured some milk with lemon and used some soured cream I had left over too. Another tip is that you need a pretty big mixing bowl!!

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Ingredients

• 250g plain white flour
• 250g plain wholemeal flour
• 100g porridge oats
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 25g butter , cut in pieces
• 500ml buttermilk

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Makes 1 loaf

Preparation and cooking times

Takes 45-55 minutes

(for up to 1 month)

Ingredients

• 250g plain white flour
• 250g plain wholemeal flour
• 100g porridge oats
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 25g butter , cut in pieces
• 500ml buttermilk

Per slice

296 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 56g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 5g, salt 1.21 g

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