Hubby wants to make soda bread HELP

zippychick

from now on all references to soda or wheaten should be accompanied by pictures !:rotfl::p

jinky67

zippychick wrote: »

from now on all references to soda or wheaten should be accompanied by pictures !:rotfl::p

well you wont be getting a pic of mine, cos I dont have the facility do it:o

rosie383

Anyone know where I can buy coarse wholemeal flour in South east England? I know you can get it anywhere in good old NI, but I haven't seen it here. I'm in Luton. I make my own buttermilk now for making soda farls, but would love to make some wheaten, you know the one with a green tinge to it.

zippychick

Rosie, I hadn't realised the only coarse wholemeal I have seen over here, is Neills - a Belfast brand....

However - this one (apparently asda sell it) is wholemeal wheat flour (which is all my coarse wholemeal contains), but it is self raising as it contains Raising Agents (Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate).

Now, i'm working on limited sleep - so am trying to think, but if it was me, i would have a go at using this flour with half /some of the quantity of bicarb of soda (as i think the raising agents in the allisons ones are baking powder, but that's guess work and I'm too tired to try google and work it out)

Does that help in any way shape or form?:o:rotfl:

Penny?:D

rosie383

Thanks, that does help. Mind you, not sure with it being self-raising, but I will see if I can find a plain one online. I never thought of doing that. Hope you get a good night's sleep soon.

zippychick

I think that just means it has baking powder added- but if Penny reads this, she will know the chemical names he he!

Thank you, going to go back to bed again to try x

MrsE_2

I've searched all over OS (I think I'm not very good at searching), I can't find a link to the soda bread (or wheaten bread) made in the bread maker.
Can anyone help?
Thank you

zippychick

I'm not sure you will get one MrsE - that wheaten loaf Pink posted literally needs stirred and plopped in a tin. There is absolutely no cooking or baking skill involved in the slightest (no offence Pink! :rotfl:)

I think the reason you can't find one is because a b readmaker is literally not necessary for wheaten bread - as there is no rising or kneading. Throw it all in a bowl, stir with a spoon (and it is a very wet mixture), plop in a greased tin - and Bob's your uncle I would suggest your previous recipes have been at fault, rather than your method, so if you try that one and follow the instructions, you really can't fail

If you do decide to try it, do let us know how it goes

MrsE_2

zippychick wrote: »

I'm not sure you will get one MrsE - that wheaten loaf Pink posted literally needs stirred and plopped in a tin. There is absolutely no cooking or baking skill involved in the slightest (no offence Pink! :rotfl:)

I think the reason you can't find one is because a b readmaker is literally not necessary for wheaten bread - as there is no rising or kneading. Throw it all in a bowl, stir with a spoon (and it is a very wet mixture), plop in a greased tin - and Bob's your uncle I would suggest your previous recipes have been at fault, rather than your method, so if you try that one and follow the instructions, you really can't fail

If you do decide to try it, do let us know how it goes

I want to do both & test them:D

There is a recipe on here for soda bread in a bread machine, I printed it off last night.

The reason I'm looking for the thread is I wanted to ask the poster a question about it.
It contains yeast????
That had me puzzled:p

PS you are very kind blaming the recipes rather than the cook:D:A

angeltreats

Mrs E, I've just stuck a loaf of wheaten bread in the oven. Like Zippychick says, it literally is a case of throw stuff in a bowl, mix it with a wooden spoon, throw it in the oven. It just wouldn't work in a breadmaker, it would over-knead it. The recipe I've just used is this, and it's from The New Family Bread Book:

10 1/2 oz wholemeal flour
2 oz medium oatmeal (you could use more flour if you don't have any oatmeal)
1 oz butter
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
7 fl oz buttermilk
7 fl oz milk
(you could also use all buttermilk, or as much as you have and then make it up to 14 fl oz with milk or plain yoghurt, which is what I do.)

I also like to sprinkle a handful of porridge oats on top before putting it in the oven.

Method:

Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Grease and flour a 2lb loaf tin. Mix together the flour and oatmeal. Rub in the butter. Stir in the salt, baking soda and sugar. Add the buttermilk and milk and mix with a wooden spoon till it turns into dough - it will be really quite wet. Put the mixture into the tin and put it in the oven. Cover loosely with tinfoil and bake for 25 mins, then remove the tinfoil and bake for another 25 mins. Turn out onto a cooling rack.

This is a new recipe for me as I just got hold of the book, and it's become my absolute favourite, it's just like the stuff I used to buy in the bakeries back home and I really recommend it and am pretty sure it's foolproof!