Soda Bread

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Cuisine Irish

Equipment

  • Stand mixer
  • Dutch oven or pizza stone if you have it, if not use a heavy baking tray

Ingredients
  

  • 350 g wholemeal bread flour you could also use wholemeal spelt
  • 150 g strong white flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 55 g butter at room temperature
  • 280 ml buttermilk

Covering

  • 1 handful jumbo rolled oats

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 220C and placing the dutch oven, pizza stone or baking tray in the oven to heat up also
  • Put the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda in the mixing bowl. Cut up the butter and add. Mix on a low speed until the ingredients have combined.
  • Add the buttermilk and water and continue to mix until it comes together in a soft dough. Switch the mixer to medium speed and continue for another 2 minutes.
  • Sprinkle flour on the work surface. Tip out the dough and shape into a round about 2.5 cm thick.
  • Transfer the dough onto the hot baking tray. Cut down into the dough to make a deep cross on the top.
  • Bake in the oven for 25-35 minutes.
  • Place on a wire rack to cool
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