Get the style of Eire with this contemporary, no-fuss soda bread

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Complete time55 minutes
  • Takes 45-55 minutes
• Simple
• Makes 1 loaf

• Freezable (for as much as 1 month)

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Components

• 250g plain white flour
• 250g plain wholemeal flour
• 100g porridge oats
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 25g butter, minimize in items
• 500ml buttermilk

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Methodology

• STEP 1

  Preheat the oven to 200C/gasoline 6/fan 180C and mud a baking sheet with flour. Combine the dry substances in a big bowl, then rub within the butter. Pour within the buttermilk and blend it in rapidly with a desk knife, then carry the dough collectively very evenly together with your fingertips (deal with it very, very gently). Now form it right into a flat, spherical loaf measuring 20cm/8in in diameter.

• STEP 2

  Put the loaf on the baking sheet and rating a deep cross within the prime. (Historically, this lets the fairies out, however it additionally helps the bread to cook dinner via.) Bake for 30-35 minutes till the underside of the loaf sounds hole when tapped. If it isn’t prepared after this time, flip it the other way up on the baking sheet and bake for a couple of minutes extra.

• STEP 3

  Switch to a wire rack, cowl with a clear tea towel (this retains the crust good and mushy) and depart to chill. To serve, break into quarters, then break or minimize every quarter in half to make 8 wedges or slices – or just slice throughout. Eat very contemporary.