Happy Saint Patrick’s Day everyone! As promised, I am posting the simple but oh-so-tasty recipe for the Irish Soda
Bread I made.
I often wondered why it is called soda bread and the answer
is literally in the list of ingredients…soda bread contains sodium bicarbonate,
also known as baking soda, instead of yeast as a leavening agent. This particular recipe also calls for buttermilk. It’s the buttermilk that reacts with the baking soda to form tiny bubbles
of carbon dioxide, that, together with the other ingredients of butter, flour, sugar,
salt, and currants, give this bread its melt-in-your-mouth yumminess. The
buttermilk can be replaced by yogurt or even Irish stout to make it even more
authentic.
I used Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter made from the milk of
cows that graze on the grassy green hillsides of Ireland Ireland
Enjoy this soda bread with some softened Irish butter, jam, and a cup
of tea for a perfect (and early!) St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
Irish Soda Bread
From: Kraft.com
Ingredients3 ¼ cups flour
1/3 cup plus 1 Tbsp. sugar, divided
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup cold butter, cut up
1-1/3 cups buttermilk
½ - ¾ cup of currants
Directions
HEAT oven to 350°F.
MIX flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and
salt in large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture
resembles coarse crumbs. Add buttermilk and currants; stir just until
moistened.
PLACE dough on lightly floured surface; knead 10 times – don’t
over knead! Shape into 2-1/2-inch-thick round. Place on baking sheet sprayed
with cooking spray. Cut deep 1/2-inch "X" in top of dough; sprinkle
with remaining sugar.
BAKE 1 hour or until golden brown. Remove from baking sheet
to wire rack; cool completely before cutting into wedges.
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