Description
Irish soda bread requires no yeast, no kneading, and it tastes amazing!
Ingredients
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- 400 ml whole milk
- 2 tbsp white distilled vinegar OR 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 550 g plain white flour
- 3 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp caster sugar
Instructions
- Pour the vinegar (or lemon juice) into the milk and leave it to curdle while you prepare the dry ingredients
- Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and sugar in a large bowl
- Pour in the milk, and use a metal knife to combine the ingredients into a dough
- Bring out onto a floured surface and give the dough a quick knead just to bring it all together in a loaf- about 30 seconds
- Shape the dough into a round load, score a cross over the top with a sharp knife, and transfer onto a baking tray covered with baking paper
- Bake for around 35 minutes at 180c (it may need a little longer than this- you can insert a sharp knife into the cooked loaf to see if any sticky dough is still left in the middle. If so, pop it back in for a little longer (you can wrap it in foil to prevent further browning.)
Notes
I store this wrapped in a clean tea towel. Once it loses it’s freshness it makes brilliant toast!