Soda bread

wheat bread leavened with baking soda

Soda bread is a kind of soft, golden bread made with baking soda. In its most basic form it contains only four ingredients; flour, salt, baking soda, and buttermilk. Other ingredients can be added. A little sugar, some raisins, abd some butter will make it a Raisin soda bread.[1]

Homemade Irish brown soda bread

Preparation change

Soda bread does not use yeast to get its rise, instead the rise comes from baking soda reacting with the acid (soured milk or buttermilk).[1] This makes it a 'quick' bread that can be made in under 15 minutes. The important thing to remember is to have mix and knead the dough quickly and lightly. This will make a bread that is dense, but not doughy, with a tender, slightly moist interior.[1] Once the dough is formed into a round, a cross is cut on the top of the bread, which divides it into quarters called farls.[1]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Raisin Soda Bread Recipe With Picture - Joyofbaking.com *Tested Recipe*". joyofbaking.com. Retrieved 5 April 2010.