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World’s best No Yeast Bread – Irish Soda Bread Recipe
The world’s greatest No Yeast Bread – Irish Soda Bread! Irish bread is exclusive as a result of it’s a 4 ingredient, 5 minute recipe made with out yeast however nonetheless has a correct crumb identical to “actual” bread.
You don’t have to be Irish to make this.😉 You simply have to be a fellow Carb Monster! Rustic flavour, nice crust, retains nicely for days. Slather with butter, mop your plate clear, dunk into soups – or Irish Beef and Guinness Stew!
Folks say that the scent of recent bread baking within the oven is among the greatest issues on the earth.
Neglect the scent. What concerning the second if you lower your self a thick slice of heat selfmade bread, slather it with butter then take an enormous fats, satisfying chew of it??
I’ll take THAT over the scent any day ……. 😂
“Irish Soda Bread takes simply 5 minutes to get within the oven. So you’ll be able to have recent bread any evening!”
What it tastes like
It’s referred to as Irish Soda Bread as a result of it’s made with baking soda as a substitute of yeast. Due to this, it’s extra dense than your on a regular basis white sandwich bread. Hearty and rustic are the phrases that come to thoughts, and it tastes type of nutty from the wholemeal flour.
Whereas dense, it nonetheless has an aerated crumb like “regular” bread. And it’s received an incredible crust which I really like!
Right here’s what you want:
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Flour – white flour makes a barely extra tender crumb whereas wholewheat/wholemeal provides flavour. So utilizing each is greatest – however it may be made with simply both flour.
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Baking Soda – That is baking powder on steroids, with virtually 3 occasions as a lot rising energy. As a result of it is a formidable ball of dough we’re working with right here, we’d like the tremendous energy of baking soda as a substitute of baking powder!
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Buttermilk – The vinegar in buttermilk prompts the baking soda, giving it a kickstart which you want for a loaf of bread this dimension. Straightforward sub: Simply combine milk and lemon juice or vinegar, depart to curdle and use per recipe. It’s a close to excellent sub.
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Salt – the one seasoning required! See under for extra flavouring choices
Don’t fear in case you don’t have buttermilk. Make your personal with milk and vinegar – it’s a close to excellent substitute.
No egg? No butter? No sugar??
That’s proper! This can be a conventional Irish Soda Bread we’re making right here. For one factor, this bread is higher with out egg and butter. Egg makes the bread much less moist, and the butter made the crumb much less tender (I made aspect by aspect variations simply to make sure).
And this bread has sufficient flavour to eat plain with simply lashings of butter so that you don’t want further flavourings like sugar and spices – although you’ll be able to if you’d like.
To keep away from your Soda Bread popping out as arduous as a canon ball, don’t knead greater than 10 occasions!
Irish Soda bread is a mixture / 10 second knead / form / bake job. It’s quite simple and fairly forgiving however I do have a number of suggestions to make sure yours is a hit even in case you’re a bread first timer.
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3 minutes into oven – When you add the buttermilk, purpose to get it into the oven inside 3 minutes. It’s because buttermilk prompts the baking soda. So the second it’s added, the baking soda is fizzing away, on the point of do its factor. For those who depart it mendacity round, it loses its firepower = dense dough.
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10 Knead Rule – Like all no yeast bread / muffin kind recipes like Blueberry Muffins and Herb Garlic Fast Bread Loaf, the much less you deal with the dough, the softer the crumb. So don’t knead greater than 10 occasions!
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The wetter the dough, the extra moist the crumb – Simply use sufficient flour to have the ability to form and transfer the dough.
As with each dough recipe, even easy No Yeast flatbreads, the precise quantity of flour required will differ for everybody, even from day after day. Completely different flour manufacturers, humidity, heat, coldness of your work floor – all these influence the precise quantity of flour required.
It’s higher to have a stickier dough and add extra flour as required, fairly than a dry dough which is difficult to salvage. So I begin with 1.75 cups, then measure out one other 1/4 cup for dusting/kneading and simply use what’s required.
This model I’m sharing at present is a plain conventional Irish bread. I say it’s “plain” but it surely’s definitely not flavourless. You’ll end up devouring it with nothing greater than butter! However it’s additionally a terrific so as to add flavourings, some widespread variations embrace:
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Oats – inside and sprinkled on high
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Raisins, caraway seeds
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Seeds – sesame, sunflower, linseed and pumpkin seeds is a mix I attempted at my native markets at present!
That is such an incredible final minute emergency bread. It’s so fast to make, however you received’t really feel such as you’re “simply making do” simply because it’s a no yeast bread. It’s a nice bread as it’s.
Make it to dunk into one in all these soups or stews:
OR use it for toast within the morning. Make Tacky Garlic Bread, or large Jewish deli-style Pastrami sandwiches. Simply use this as you’ll every other bread – besides you’ve gotten the added bonus of smug satisfaction understanding you made it your self!! – Johnsat x
Ingredients
- 2 cups white flour (plain / all purpose)
- 1 3/4 cups wholemeal flour (wholewheat, Note 1)
- 2 – 3 tbsp Extra Flour (either flour, for dusting)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda (bi-carb, Note 2)
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cups buttermilk , fridge cold (Note 3)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 220°C/430°F (200°C fan).
- Line tray with baking paper.
- Whisk both flours (not Extra Flour), baking soda and salt in a bowl.
- Add buttermilk, stir until it’s too hard to stir anymore.
- Sprinkle 2 tbsp Extra Flour onto work surface, scrape out dough, sprinkle with more flour.
- Gently knead no more than 8 times, bring together into a ball. (Note 4)
- Transfer to tray, pat into 2.5cm/1″ thick disc.
- Cut cross on surface 1cm / 0.3″ deep using serrated knife.
- Bake 20 minutes. Turn oven down to 200°C/390°F (180°C fan).
- Bake further 20 minutes, or until the base sounds hollow when tapped in the middle.
- Transfer to rack and cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing.
Notes
1. Flour – wholemeal flour gives this bread a slightly nutty flavour which is lovely. Coarse or fine ground. Can be made with just plain/all purpose flour but flavour is more plain. Don’t bother using bread flour – it’s wasted on this no yeast bread.
2. Baking soda – also known as bicarbonate soda (bi-carb), 3x more powerful than baking powder. Stronger rise power required for this no-yeast bread.
3. Buttermilk substitute:
1.75 cups (435ml) + 1 tbsp of full fat milk
1 tbsp white vinegar or lemon juice (or other clear vinegar)
Mix the milk and lemon juice together, set aside for 15 minutes. It will congeal on surface. Then use in place of buttermilk in recipe.
Volume is just shy of 2 cups of buttermilk (per recipe) because this substitute is thinner so you need to use a touch less otherwise dough gets too wet.
4. Dough stickiness – use more flour as required. The trick is to use just enough flour to make the dough manageable because stickier dough = more moist bread.
5. Variations – This bread is terrific as is, it’s a classic traditional Irish Soda Bread. Some popular flavoured versions (stir in with dry ingredients):
Oats – brush surface with extra buttermilk and sprinkle with oats. Can also mix in oats (up to 1 cup), but reduce flour in dough by 1/2 cup;
Raisins! Stir in 1 cup
Seeds! Pumpkin, linseeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, poppyseed. Stir through and sprinkle on top, about 1/2 cup.
6. Serving – Especially great served warm! Use like normal bread – sandwiches, dunking, mopping plates clean, toasting, grilled cheese.
7. Storage – keeps well for 3 days in an airtight container, 4 to 5 days in the fridge. Or freeze it for months!
8. Nutrition per slice.
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