Hubby wants to make soda bread HELP

Redrose

does anyone have a receipe for soda bread, to make in the BM

Please he is driving me mad.....


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finc

I don't know how in a BM but making by hand is easy!

I use 170g SR flour
170g plain flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp bicarb
290ml buttermilk

If you don't have buttermilk you can use milk or combination of milk & natural yoghurt.

Mx flours, salt & bicarb in a bowl.

Make a well in centre and pour in milk.

Mix quickly with a fork to form a soft dough.

Turn onto a floured surface and knead briefly.

Form into a round & flatten a bit. Place on a floured baking tray and mark a cross with a knife on the dough.

200C for 30 minutes.

It's really quick and easy to make by hand, about 5-10 mins prep :j

Pink.

I agree with finc soda bread is very easy to make by hand.

I know you can make it in loaf form but over here we usually make it on a griddle, although I just use a dry frying pan.

My recipe....

1lb plain flour
1 1/2 teasp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp cream of tartre
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 pint of buttermilk

Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl then make a well in the centre and gradually add the buttermilk to make a soft dough. Put the dough on a floured surface and lightly roll into a circle about 1'' thick. Cut it into four quarters. Bake on a hot griddle (or frying pan) and cook over a medium heat until the underside is brown....usually about five minutes. Use a fish slice to turn it over and cook the other side.

We usually have this with a cooked breakfast. Split each farl down the middle. Some people like it fried, but I prefer it toasted and dripping with butter. :drool:

Pink

scrimperjan

I've never heard of it being made in a breadmaker. This is Delia Smith's recipe which has always worked well for me. I've never used soured cream, I always use the milk/cream of tartar alternative (see end of recipe).

1llb wholewheat flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/4 pint soured cream (150ml)
1/4 pint water (150ml) (plus 2-3 extra tablespoons)

Preheat the oven to gas mark 7, 425F (220C).

Mix flour, salt & bicarb. thoroughly in a bowl. In a jug whisk the soured cream and water together and stir this mixture into the flour together with 2-3 further tablespoons of water, if it needs it.
Knead the dough lightly into a round ball so as to get the surface smooth, then put it onto a greased baking sheet. Cut a cross in the top of the loaf with a sharp knife, which will form the loaf into four crusty sections.
Bake in the top half of the oven for 30 mins - cover the top with foil for the last five minutes if the crust looks like getting too dark. Cool on a wire tray for a minimum of 15 minutes before eating. If you don't like a very crisp crust, wrap the bread in a tea towel whilst it cools, so that the steam it gives off softens the crust a little.
Note: Soda bread is best eaten as fresh as possible, it's not a keeping loaf at all. If you can't get soured cream use 1/2 pint milk and two teaspoons of cream of tartar.

I (this is me now, not Delia) like to make this to go with a thick vegetable soup. A meal in itself. Also good with butter and jam, honey etc. If there's any left, I think it's best toasted, 'cos by the next day it's past its best otherwise. Lovely! I'm glad you put this post on, I haven't made this for ages, now you've made me want to make it again. It's so quick and easy.

skystar

Mmmmm I love soda bread and just thought I would share something I had on holiday this year in Northern Ireland.

Use the soda bread like a pizza base and top with tomato, cheese, and whatever else you fancy.

For some reason I had never thought of this

Anyway it was fab!

Sandollar_2

skystar wrote:

Mmmmm I love soda bread and just thought I would share something I had on holiday this year in Northern Ireland.

Use the soda bread like a pizza base and top with tomato, cheese, and whatever else you fancy.

For some reason I had never thought of this

Anyway it was fab!

Otherwise known as Paddy Pizza and the makings of many a cheap meal.

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Variations/additions to basic soda bread recipe.

Add grated cheese and bacon to the dry mix to make a cheesy soda.

Add treacle to the dry mix then use enough burttermilk to make up dough to make treacle farls (my fav)

Use half white flour, half wholemeal for wheaten bread - nice and healthy.

More uncommon ideas are to add
dried fruit/
cherries/
cinnamon/
ginger/
sundried tomatoes
herbs.

Basically once you have the dry mix add whatever you want to it to make your fav type of bread.

You can also pat the dough flat and cut out scones. Very quick to make when you have unexpected visitors. I am quite convinced that some people only visit me for my sodas

skystar

Sandollar wrote:

Add treacle to the dry mix then use enough burttermilk to make up dough to make treacle farls (my fav)

I also had some fab treacle scones as well on my hols. With some butter and marmalade....yum!

In fact now I think of it I think I just stuffed my face for two weeks on soda breads and wheaten breads during my hols :rolleyes:

Smashing

I always use my Gran's old recipe, which is very easy to remember -

6oz plain flour
6oz wholemeal self-raising flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
1/2 pint buttermilk

Mix dry ingredients, make a 'well' in the middle, add buttermilk gradually.
Form into a dough, flatten into a round, score a cross in the top with a blunt knife and chuck in the oven for 20-30 mins gas mark 6 / 200°c / 390°f

QueenB.

being Irish i have lived on this bread for most of my childhood.

But the first few attempts at making it myself always went wrong. One time the bread came out green and hard as a stone:eek: .

Afraid to say i finally gave up many years ago and have been buying it since.

But i have decided to give it a go once more with some of the above recipes so fingers crossed i get it right this time:D

SnowyOwl_2

I am going to make Pink-Winged's soda bread today. Oh I can't wait! Luckily over here in N.Ireland butter milk is v.easy to get hold of, though I have seen it for sale in Tesco's in London in the past. Someone suggested half and half ordinary milk and plain natural yoghurt, which would probably be a good alternative if buttermilk is impossible to find.

A tasty way to have soda bread is to cut it in half, spread with garlic butter (some butter with crushed fresh garlic beaten into it) and then a big slice of cheese on it. Assemble the two halves to make a whole again and heat it in George Foreman grill. You could wrap it in foil and bung it in an ordinary oven too. It is fantastic...fusion of Irish and Italian cusine at its finest:rotfl:!!

Smashing

You can get buttermilk in Tesco, Asda and Morrisons for around 35p (located with the milk.)
Never seen it in sainsbury's. Waitrose also have it, but at about twice the price.