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Soda Bread

Name: Soda Bread
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Ireland
Ingredients: 400g All-purpose flour; 1 tbsp Baking Powder; 1 tsp Salt; 350ml Milk; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; 20g Butter

Dessert

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

A rustic Irish bread made quickly with leavening instead of yeast, with a cross cut on top.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Soda bread spread in 19th-century Ireland; it rises from the reaction of baking soda and buttermilk, so it bakes quickly without proofing. The cross cut on top is said to help it bake through — or to ward off evil. It's eaten with soups, stews, and butter.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a farm morning, fresh soda bread wrapped in a cloth sits on the table as the family cuts thick slices, butters them, and enjoys them with tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

All-purpose flour 400g
Baking Powder 1 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Milk 350ml
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Butter 20g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix lemon juice into the milk and let stand 10 minutes to use as buttermilk.
Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt and rub in the butter.
Make a well, pour in the milk, and bring together quickly and roughly (don't overwork).
Shape into a flat round and cut a deep cross on top.
Bake at 200°C for 35–40 minutes until it sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
Wrap in a cloth to cool.

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