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Joe make this!!!
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:36 pm
by Gob
My new favourite way of eating mar/veg/pro mite.
Irish soda bread
Ingredients
250g plain white flour
250g plain wholemeal flour
100g porridge oats
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
25g butter , cut in pieces
500ml buttermilk
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C and dust a baking sheet with flour. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl, then rub in the butter. Pour in the buttermilk and mix it in quickly with a table knife, then bring the dough together very lightly with your fingertips (handle it very, very gently). Now shape it into a flat, round loaf measuring 20cm/8in in diameter.
Put the loaf on the baking sheet and score a deep cross in the top. (Traditionally, this lets the fairies out, but it also helps the bread to cook through.) Bake for 30-35 minutes until the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. If it isn't ready after this time, turn it upside down on the baking sheet and bake for a few minutes more.
Transfer to a wire rack, cover with a clean tea towel (this keeps the crust nice and soft) and leave to cool. To serve, break into quarters, then break or cut each quarter in half to make 8 wedges or slices - or simply slice across. Eat very fresh.
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1432 ... soda-bread
Two tips;
1) Use all wholemeal flour instead of half white half wholemeal.
2) Throw in a handful of crushed walnuts to the dry mix.
Cut thick slices, toast if wanted, cover with butter and the "mite" of your choice.
I'm knocking these out as fast as I can, they barely get a chance to cool before being wolfed down by the three of us.
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:42 pm
by Joe Guy
Sounds good. I'll have to try making it.
Are porridge oats the same as oatmeal? I've never seen a box of porridge oats.
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:47 pm
by Gob
Do you have rolled oats?
Them's the ones.
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:10 pm
by Joe Guy
Yes I do!
thanks
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:25 pm
by Gob
Neat, let me know how you get on!!
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:33 am
by Rick
Gob is gonna make an Assie out of Joe Yet...
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:48 am
by Gob
One more of us, one less off them .
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:29 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Do you have rolled oats?
Nope, but I've sowed some wild ones in my time.
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:05 am
by Joe Guy
Hey Gob!!!
I just pulled this out of the oven.
I used your recipe. It's cooling off now and I'll be tasting it in a little while.
I don't know how it works for others, but if I right click on the picture and choose 'View Image' I see a much better picture.
I'll be getting back to you with my review on the flavor (with & without marmite spread).
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:29 am
by Joe Guy
Okay. I tasted the bread with & without Marmite.
I love the taste of this bread either way I have it but it's a great bread to spread Marmite on.
Again - on my computer, if I don't right click and choose 'View Image' I can't see the entire picture. And the entire picture is necessary in order to appreciate the entire picture...
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:37 am
by Gob
Ha!! I'm in work, I brought in a quarter of soda bread and some peanut butter for me brekky! (Should have brought marmite too!)
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:42 pm
by Sean
Farl Strop... You brought in a farl of soda bread.
Gotta get the terminology right...
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:53 pm
by Gob
Ok, to be true to my roots, I brought in a tocyn of soda bread.
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:15 am
by dales
Joe Guy wrote:Okay. I tasted the bread with & without Marmite.
I love the taste of this bread either way I have it but it's a great bread to spread Marmite on.
Again - on my computer, if I don't right click and choose 'View Image' I can't see the entire picture. And the entire picture is necessary in order to appreciate the entire picture...
Joe:
I'm afraid you've crossed the line, I'm contacting the San Mateo County Board of Health on Monday!
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:40 pm
by Gob
Joe, watching a cookery show last week, we came upon this variation. Boy is it good!! I'm eating some now in fact.
http://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/app ... oda-bread/
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:06 am
by Joe Guy
Gob wrote:Joe, watching a cookery show last week, we came upon this variation. Boy is it good!! I'm eating some now in fact.
It sounds very tasty and I want to try it. But I wish I didn't have to convert the measurements to American standards. My measuring instruments are based on cups & ounces.
It takes longer for me to convert the measurements than it takes to make the freakin' bread.
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:24 am
by Gob
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:25 am
by Gob
Re: Joe make this!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:00 am
by Joe Guy
Thank you much!
That should help. I'll try it and get back to you with the results.