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Monday, March 22, 2010
Best I've Had All Week Best I’ve Had All Week: Irish Soda Bread
Posted By Tricia Childress on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:50 AM
St. Patrick’s Day gives everyone an excuse to be reacquainted with the dark delights of Guinness, but it is the making of Irish Soda bread which makes me feel akin to some of my ancestors.
In the past I have tried the breads sold at area grocers, but they were too sweet - like the “hot” cross buns on the shelves now. Fortunately, soda bread is easy enough for a six-year old to make since it has only three primary ingredients: flour, buttermilk and baking soda. Spiffed up recipes add butter, sugar, even raisins to the mix. But the original bread is quite plain and the directions are simple: mix all the ingredients in a bowl until blended and then knead. Shape into two-inch thick circle on a baking sheet (no need for a cake pan) and cut a cross into the top.
I studded my loaf with caraway seeds. Irish Soda Bread is the kind of fare which needs to be made, baked and eaten in fairly quick order and is best straight from the oven and slathered with butter.
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