The holiday is well and truly over, and we have both been extremely busy all day, doing admin and pastoral visiting, and I have still got a committee meeting to go to. The holiday reminded me how much I like soda bread, so I produced a loaf [plus home-made tomato and lentil soup] for lunch.
I was really pleased with the way it turned out. I used the recipe from my trusty Be-ro Book.
SODA BREAD
1 lb plain flour
1tspo salt
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
4 tsp cream of tartar
1oz lard [butter or marg]
2 tsp sugar
½pint milk.
Preheat oven to 200' C
Sieve dry ingredients, run in fat. Add milk, mix to soft dough.
Knead lightly, shape into round
Place on greased baking sheet, slash cross on top with sharp knife.
[at this point, I brushed loaf with milk, and sprinkled with 2 tsp porridge oats]
Bake 30 mins.
The Archers is getting exciting. The Vicar has fallen off his motorbike, and it is his wedding this week!
YUM! I'm going to try this recipe! :)
ReplyDeleteIt is really easy - but you MUST eat it fresh! We had half the loaf with our soup - and then I made the remainder into toast. The leftover toast I cut into croutons and have stored in an air-tight jar in fridge for my next soup session!
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! Great idea for the left overs! It gets rather cold here in the winter and I thought this bread would go great with soup like you did. :)
ReplyDeleteIs there a typo in that? 4lb of flour seems like rather a lot :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Liz - it should be ONE pound not Four. Well spotted, daughter!
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