{"id":5566,"date":"2012-03-17T11:35:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2012-03-17T11:35:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-17T15:35:39","slug":"irish-soda-bread-traditional-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=5566","title":{"rendered":"Irish Soda Bread- traditional recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019ve made a lot of Irish soda bread.\u00a0 My youngest son loves it and I got the recipe from<\/p>\n

a friend of mine of Irish heritage- so I thought I was making a traditional recipe.<\/p>\n

Turns out- no.\u00a0 Irish soda bread does not contain sugar, or currants or any kind of dried<\/p>\n

fruit whatsoever.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m sharing a recipe I got from a couple of websites on Irish traditional cooking.<\/p>\n

A couple of the websites were pretty adamant about what WASN\u2019T in soda bread that<\/p>\n

they neglected to give the recipe.\u00a0 And a few more wrote about putting together flour,salt,<\/p>\n

soda, and buttermilk without any instructions.\u00a0 So I pieced together the information and used<\/p>\n

my own experience and made a marvelous loaf whilst in Chincoteague.\u00a0 It is like a biscuit-y tea<\/p>\n

loaf- delicious with butter and orange marmalade- wonderful with a slice of corned beef!<\/p>\n

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Ingredients:<\/p>\n

4 cups plain flour<\/p>\n

1 teaspoon baking soda<\/p>\n

1 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n

14 oz (1 cup 3\/4 ) buttermilk<\/p>\n

Method:<\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.\u00a0 Grease and flour round cake pan.<\/p>\n

Whisk or sift together the dry ingredients in a large bowl.\u00a0 Add butter milk and stir to a sticky dough.<\/p>\n

Dump onto a heavily floured surface and knead lightly- just for a minute or so- you don\u2019t want to<\/p>\n

release too much of the leavening gasses in overkneading.<\/p>\n

Shape into a large round and cut a cross into the top.\u00a0 Cover pan with another the same size- to keep<\/p>\n

the bread moist and steam as well as bake.<\/p>\n

Bake for 30 minutes and then remove top pan and bake for another 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

The crust is a lovely thick brown when done and will sound hollow when thumped.<\/p>\n

Cool with a damp tea towel on to top to keep it moist.<\/p>\n

\"035\"<\/a>It smells heavenly!<\/p>\n

\"038\"<\/a>Try to wait till it cools before cutting.<\/p>\n

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Although it is very tempting \u2013 still try to wait \u2013 or the knife will crush the crumb.<\/p>\n

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Add braised cabbage, skillet fried potatoes, and corned beef and have a wonderful<\/p>\n

St. Patrick\u2019s Day feast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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