In honor of my darling daughter Lily, who is traveling, scuba diving and currently eating curry on an island off the coast of Thailand, I am posting my favorite recipe for Irish soda bread. She will get her corned beef dinner when she gets home at the end of the month! Let me know how your St.Patricks day turns out! Erin go braugh! IRISH SODA BREAD Irish soda bread has been made for hundreds of years on the proudly dubbed Emerald Isle (Ireland). Traditionally it was a savory yet scrumptious bread that has roughly the same consistency as a scone yet three times as easy to make. It has big muffin-like loaves, with a crust as rugged as the wild frontier. It was originally cooked over a peat fire in a cast iron skillet. Because it’s so easy to make and had little flavor, back in the day, it was served as a staple food through much of Ireland. Generally it was served accompanied with a main course to add flavor and give a perfectionist look. Nowadays, it’s usually only served around St. Patrick’s Day in honor of the country of the soda breads origin. Most people make it sweeter than its original flavor by adding nuts or raisins. R E C I P E: INGREDIANTS--- 4 cups of flour 1 teaspoon of baking soda 1-½ teaspoons of salt 2 cups buttermilk opt: ½ cup of raisins and 1 tsp. of caraway for flavor DIRECTIONS--- First you must preheat your oven to 375*F. Second of all you need to grease a large baking sheet or cake pan. In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt, and baking soda; stir and toss. Stir in buttermilk with what is in the bowl until it has reached a doughy consistency and holds together like a rough mass. Knead the dough for a rough thirty seconds on a lightly floured surface. Pat it into an eight-inch round and one and a half inches thick. Then, my favorite part, (because it looks cool), slash a ¼ of an inch X on the center of the dough. Place the dough in your cake pan or on your baking sheet, and place it in the oven for 45 to 50 minutes. You will know it is done because of its light brown coloring and because the X has Spread apart. Take it out of the oven and let it rest for roughly eight hours, covered in a damp towel. Soda bread should be completely cool before serving. If you have any leftovers, Irish Soda Bread makes great toast!
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:02:28 +0000
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