Wholemeal soda bread - recipe

Ingredients

Recipe , Bread , Wholemeal , Soda bread

1

Preheat the oven to 230°C (fan 210°C, gas mark 8).
2
Place the flour, caster sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the bicarbonate of soda and then the buttermilk.

For this step you'll need:
- 500g Seed and grain wholemeal bread flour
- 400ml Buttermilk
- 1tsp Salt
- 1tsp White caster sugar
- 2tsp Bicarbonate of soda
3

Bring together to give a soft dough, fold over once or twice until smooth but don’t over knead as you need to keep as much air as possible in the dough.
4

Turn the dough out onto a greased baking tray and shape into a round 4cm deep. Cut a deep cross in the centre to divide into 4, without cutting all the way through. Dust with a little extra flour before baking.
5

Bake the bread immediately for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 200°C (fan 180°C, gas mark 6) and bake for a further 30 minutes until the bread is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped underneath.

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