Irish Soda Bread

From Chef Carla | Breakfast and Brunch | English and Irish

This recipe for homemade Irish Soda Bread is ready to eat in 1 hour. Enjoy it with butter, or jams, or accompany a nice big bowl of soup with a warm thick slice of this delicious bread.

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cal Calories 241kcal
Low fat Total Fat 3g
Low sat-fat Saturated Fat 1g
chol Cholesterol 28mg
High sodium Sodium 506mg
carbs Total Carbohydrate 46g
Serving size 111g Calories from fat 27kcal Fiber 4g Protein 9g Sugar 4g

Ingredients

  • 250 g whole wheat flour
  • 200 g plain white flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 350 ml buttermilk
  • 1 tbsp Molasses or Black Treacle.

Directions

  1. - Preheat oven to 200C
  2. - In a large bowl, add all the dry ingredients and mix.
  3. - In a separate bowl, mix together all of the wet ingredients.
  4. - Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix thoroughly (this task is easier if you use a mixer with a dough hook).
  5. - The dough will be much wetter and sticker than you would expect, but that's exactly what we want.
  6. - Pour the dough into a well greased bread mould.
  7. - Bake at 200C for approximately 50 mins

Tips

  • - You'll know that the bread is ready if, when turning it over, knocking the under part of the loaf will sound hollow.
  • - If you are in Spain, keep in mind that the while flour here is much weaker than in most countries. In Spain, replace the plain white flour with Strong white flour.
  • - If you don't have Buttermilk, go to my substitutes page to see how to make buttermilk at home.