Traditional Irish soda bread

Traditional Irish Bread is an easy homemade bread to make and perfect for serving along with a Saint Patrick's Day dinner of corned beef and cabbage. This is a basic white Irish soda bread recipe without any additions like raisins. It has a soft inside and a firm golden exterior.

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 We make a corned beef and cabbage dinner every year for St. Patrick's Day. I always like to have a loaf of bread to go with it. Bread helps to soak up all the juices from the meal.

While looking around for a traditional soda bread recipe, I found this website: The Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread. I figured that these folks take their soda bread pretty seriously, so I decided to make their basic white soda bread. 

I generally make a soda bread with whiskey soaked raisins and caraway. But, this traditional loaf does not contain raisins, sugar, butter, etc. (which, according to the website, makes it a "tea cake" and no longer a soda bread) -- just bread with four simple ingredients. 

This bread comes together easily and uses buttermilk as an ingredient. If you don't have buttermilk on hand, you can substitute milk a tablespoon of lemon juice and then add milk to achieve the required amount of buttermilk. 

This soda bread is a lovely side to a corned beef and cabbage dinner or for something like a Guinness beef stew -- perfect for sopping up some of the juices on your plate or bowl. All this bread needs is a nice schmear of good Irish butter. You can also add a bit of honey on top if you like.

 

 

Yield: 1 loaf of bread

Author: Amy (Savory Moments)

Traditional Irish Soda Bread

Traditional Irish Bread is an easy homemade bread to make and perfect for serving along with a Saint Patrick's Day dinner of corned beef and cabbage. This is a basic white Irish soda bread recipe without any additions like raisins.

Ingredients

• 16 oz. (about 4 cups) all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• about 14 oz. buttermilk

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in the buttermilk until just combined. If the dough is still shaggy/dry, add a touch more until it comes together.
3. Lightly knead on a floured surface and shape into a round disk. Score the top of the bread with a sharp knife to make a cross (X).
4. Place the bread into a cast iron pot with a lid, or you can use a cake pan (the website uses a cake pan, topped with another cake pan. If using this option, make sure to lightly grease the pan).
5. Bake for 30 minutes, then remove the lid and bake for another 15 minutes.
6. Remove from the oven and place a tea towel on top that has been lightly sprayed with water to keep moist. Let cool then slice and serve.

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Check out these other homemade bread recipes: 

Irish Oaten Rolls

Irish Soda Bread with Whiskey Raisins & Caraway 

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