Traditional Irish Soda Bread
Traditional Irish Soda Bread

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, traditional irish soda bread. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Traditional Irish Soda Bread is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Traditional Irish Soda Bread is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Information on the History and Preparation of Traditional Irish Soda Bread as created by our ancestors. This site is here to encourage modern bakers to get in touch with their Irish roots and use the traditional ingredients/recipes when making "traditional Irish soda bread." While soda bread with add-ins like currants and caraway can be delicious, it's not at all authentic In Ireland, soda bread tends to be plainer and more Here is a classic recipe adapted from Darina Allen, an Irish television personality and the owner of the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Shanagarry. This traditional Irish soda bread bakes up into such a beautiful loaf it's hard to believe it isn't a yeast bread.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have traditional irish soda bread using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Traditional Irish Soda Bread:
  1. Make ready 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
  2. Take 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  3. Prepare 1 teaspoon salt (be exact)
  4. Get 1 teaspoon baking soda (be exact)
  5. Make ready 2 Tablespoon butter, cold
  6. Take 1 egg
  7. Prepare 1 2/3 cups buttermilk
  8. Prepare 1 Tablespoon rolled oats for topping loaf

Flour- traditionally soft white wheat flour was used in Ireland. Traditional Irish Soda Bread has a particular look, but do you know what it is? The marking on top is a cross. It comes from blessing the bread before baking.

Steps to make Traditional Irish Soda Bread:
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Mix both flours, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. You need plenty of room to mix the dough.
  3. Add butter in small pieces and rub in with fingers until it resembles bread crumbs.
  4. In separate bowl, whisk buttermilk and egg together.
  5. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the buttermilk/egg mixture. The last little bit of buttermilk/egg remaining in the bowl will be used to glaze the bread.
  6. Using an open hand, bring the flour and liquid together into a loose dough. The dough should be quite soft but not too sticky.
  7. Turn onto a floured work surface and gently bring the dough into a round about 1 1/2 inch thick and 8 inches across. Avoid kneading it, just form it.
  8. Place on a baking sheet that is well dusted with flour.
  9. Score with a cross on the top of the loaf. Traditionally this is called blessing the bread. You invoke Gods blessing by saying, "In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen" as you score the bread. As well, the four corners are pricked with with a knife to release the fairies. This is to keep it from being cursed.
  10. Glaze the top of the loaf with the leftover buttermilk/egg mixture and sprinkle the rolled oats on the top of the loaf.
  11. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes and then turn the oven down to 400 degrees and bake for 30 minutes more. When done, the loaf should sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.
  12. Place on wire rack to cool.

Also you poke a hole in each corner of the loaf to release the fairies that can curse your bread if not released. Wanted an easy Irish Soda Bread to take into work for St. Patrick's Day, and this was it! It's not dry like some recipes are. I cut the softened margarine in This isn't a perfect Irish Soda Bread, as it contains egg, but I PROMISE you that your family will love it.

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