Perfect brown soda bread
This modern soda bread couldn’t be simpler, just mix and pour into a well-greased tin - enjoy with wild garlic butter
SERVES
8
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
15
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
60
MINUTES
Ingredients
400g stoneground wholemeal flour
75g white flour, preferably unbleached
1 tsp salt
1 level tsp bread soda, sieved
1 egg
1 tbsp sunflower oil, unscented
1 tsp honey or treacle
425ml buttermilk or sour milk
sunflower or sesame seeds (optional)
Method
Preheat oven to 200ºC.
Put all the dry ingredients including the sieved bread soda into a large bowl, mix well.
Whisk the egg, add the oil and honey and buttermilk.
Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in all the liquid, mix well and add more buttermilk if necessary. The mixture should be soft and slightly sloppy.
Pour into an oiled tin or tins. Using a butter knife, draw a slit down the middle.
Sprinkle some sunflower or sesame seeds on the top.
Bake for 60 minutes approximately (45-50 minutes for small loaf tins), or until the bread is nice and crusty and sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on a wire rack.
