Soda Bread
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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