Soda Bread Recipe

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Soda Bread
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Ingredients:

  • 1 lb/ 1/2kg/ 4 cups plain flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar (optional)
  • 1 pt/ 1/2 litre/ 2 cups buttermilk or sour milk

Directions:

  1. Sieve the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Scoop up handfuls and allow to drop back into the bowl to aerate the mixture. Add enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. Now work quickly as the buttermilk and soda are already reacting. Knead the dough lightly - too much handling will toughen it, while too little means it won't rise properly.
  2. Form a round loaf about as thick as your fist. Place it on a lightly-floured baking sheet and cut a cross in the top with a floured knife. Put at once to bake near the top of a pre-heated oven, gas mark 8, 450°F, 230°C, for 30-45 minutes. When baked, the loaf will sound hollow when rapped on the bottom with your knuckles. Wrap immediately in a clean tea-towel to stop the crust hardening too much.
  3. Wheaten bread or brown soda is made in exactly the same way but with wholemeal flour replacing all or some of the white flour; this mixture will probably require less buttermilk. Another variation is to add 1/2 cup of sultanas to the white bread - this loaf is known as Spotted Dick.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 227.97 Kcal (954 kJ)
Calories from fat 66.32 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.37g 11%
Sodium 1247.31mg 52%
Potassium 70.36mg 1%
Total Carbs 36.03g 12%
Sugars 0.31g 1%
Dietary Fiber 3.97g 16%
Protein 4.54g 9%
Iron 2.3mg 13%
Calcium 106.2mg 11%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 390.85 Kcal (1636 kJ)
Calories from fat 113.72 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.64g 11%
Sodium 2138.54mg 52%
Potassium 120.63mg 1%
Total Carbs 61.77g 12%
Sugars 0.53g 1%
Dietary Fiber 6.8g 16%
Protein 7.78g 9%
Iron 3.9mg 13%
Calcium 182.1mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 4.4
    Points
  • 6
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free,
  • high fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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