Fruit-filled soda bread
Delicious smeared with butter and jam, this is the perfect weekend breakfast
SERVES
8
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
10
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
35
MINUTES
Ingredients
480g of plain white flour
200g wholemeal flour
1 tsp bread soda, sieved
2 generous pinches of sea salt
580mls buttermilk
the zest of an orange
50g candied peel — optional
50g raisins
50g golden sultanas
Method
Preheat your oven to 220°C.
Mix the flours, bread soda and salt together and make a well in the centre. Pour the buttermilk into the well and bring the dough together. Add in the fruit and zest and combine them well, then lightly kneading them into the dough.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and bring it together into a round shape. Place it onto a large flat baking tray and make a deep cross in the loaf. Bake for five minutes then turn down the oven to 190°C and continue baking for a further 30 minutes or until it is baked through.
