Speckled Soda bread
Ingredients - Soda bread
225g Plain white flour
1/2 table spoon of Caster sugar
50g chopped chocolate
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
175ml Buttermilk approx
Method
1. Preheat oven to 220oC/425oF/Gas7.
2. Line a baking tray with baking parchment, scatter with a little flour.
3. Set a sieve over a large bowl & sieve flour, sugar, salt & bicarbonate of soda.
4. Stir in the chopped chocolate, then make a well in the centre.
5. Measure the buttermilk carefully. Pour butter milk into the well.
6. Mix together using a round bladed knife & your hands. Dont worry if it looks a bit rough!
7. Scatter a little flour onto a work surface & your hands. Gently shape the dough into a ball.
8. Put the dough onto a baking tray & flatten it slightly (3-4cm high)
using a table knife score the dough into quarters (4's!).
9. Place into a preheated oven for about 20 minutes until golden brown.
10. Remove from the oven, turn out down onto a wire rack and tap with bottom with your knuckles. The loaf is cooked when it sounds hollow. Leave to cool, but serve warm sliced with butter.
Ingredients - Soda bread
225g Plain white flour
1/2 table spoon of Caster sugar
50g chopped chocolate
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
175ml Buttermilk approx
Method
1. Preheat oven to 220oC/425oF/Gas7.
2. Line a baking tray with baking parchment, scatter with a little flour.
3. Set a sieve over a large bowl & sieve flour, sugar, salt & bicarbonate of soda.
4. Stir in the chopped chocolate, then make a well in the centre.
5. Measure the buttermilk carefully. Pour butter milk into the well.
6. Mix together using a round bladed knife & your hands. Dont worry if it looks a bit rough!
7. Scatter a little flour onto a work surface & your hands. Gently shape the dough into a ball.
8. Put the dough onto a baking tray & flatten it slightly (3-4cm high)
using a table knife score the dough into quarters (4's!).
9. Place into a preheated oven for about 20 minutes until golden brown.
10. Remove from the oven, turn out down onto a wire rack and tap with bottom with your knuckles. The loaf is cooked when it sounds hollow. Leave to cool, but serve warm sliced with butter.