Hubby wants to make soda bread HELP

MrsE_2

zippychick wrote: »

Here

I get the coarse wholemeal in bigger tescos where the flour is (I genuinely had no idea what I was looking for!) I get the bran and wheatgerm from a scoopamarket but somewhere like Holland and barrets or Julian graves might do it

Handy recipe as I make up the dry stuff in advance in bags, then throw some curdled milk in (made with lemon juice and milk) and oil , loaf tin, Bob's your uncle

I was going to make that alongside my (unusual) American recipe, but I don't have bran or wheatgerm in, I will get some & try that recipe:D

I have some stoneground wholemeal, do you think that will be OK?

ETA buttermilk

Put lemon in milk OR mix yogurt & milk, you use the lemon & milk I see.

Sally_A

Here's another recipe I nabbed from a mate, it's a traditional Irish method :-

http://www.growveg.info/viewtopic.php?f=3460&t=4877

seraphina

A tablespoon of black treacle in soda bread makes for a lovely rich flavour.

jinky67

I am back

well I had to judge the measurements, cos I can't find the scales and I didnt "quite" cook it long enough but nom nom nom nom

so so easy as well

so its another vote from me :j:j:j:j

bluebag

Biggles wrote: »

That's the big problem, nowhere in our town stocks buttermilk. I know milk with a spoon of lemon juice, or plain yogurt, are supposed to do nearly as well, but I'd rather use the real thing. And when I do find it (the nearest Sains was the only place) it's so expensive. Any suggestions for a supply of good value buttermilk?

My mother has been making soda bread for 65 years and has never used buttermilk as when they were growing up it was sold as the money was needed to feed them.

She has always used sour milk, just plain milk gone sour.
She also barely kneads it, much like making scones. She always uses 2/3 wholemeal and 1/3 ordinary self raising flour.
Hope you find this helpful.
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angeltreats

There's no reason not to use milk soured with a bit of lemon juice. And I've used plain yoghurt that's on the turn. I prefer buttermilk but I wouldn't go out of my way to get it if I didn't have some in the fridge.

rosie383

I have given up looking for the coarse wholemeal flour and am finding the recipe posted by Angeltreats (post #65) to be perfect as it has the oats in it too. It is giving me exactly the texture I was looking for, however, I'm wondering if it was written down wrong, as it says to use a total of 14 fl oz of liquid for about 13oz flour. I have found that I have adapted it a bit. I use only 7 oz buttermilk and bake at gas6 for 25 mins. I have made it every day for the past few days and it has been perfect each time.

Ok, it's a different recipe, so this works for me so I will post it. More moneysaving as it uses half the oven time :-))

11oz wholemeal flour
2 oz oats
1 oz butter ( I used Trexx)
1 tsp bicarb of soda
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
7 fl oz buttermilk (homemade style)

Preheat oven on full heat.
Put all dry ingredients into a bowl and rub in the fat.
Add enough buttermilk to give a dough that just comes together but isn't sticky. Form into a round about the size of a large bread plate and put on a baking tray dusted with flour and score a cross into the top.
Put on top shelf of oven and immediately turn heat down to gas mark 6. Bake for 25 mins.
PERFECT!!!!!

angeltreats

It's not written down wrong, it's 14 oz liquid to 12 1/2 oz dry stuff (10 1/2 oz flour plus 2 oz oatmeal). It's quite a wet mixture, the recipe says to shape it into a round but I really don't think it would hold its shape, but it works absolutely perfectly in a loaf tin.

rosie383

Yes, sorry. My silly mistake!!! I realised after I had written my post and was thinking about it. That's why yours takes twice as long as mine in the oven, because there is twice as much liquid. Be interesting to try both ways to see which one worked best, but TBH, I like the way I do it. Thank you so much for posting your recipe, I had been looking for the perfect consistency and the oats do the trick!

zippychick

Rosie, really glad you were able to get a recipe to suit you Angeltreats bread looks delicious! I want some now!:o:rotfl: