With a name like Reiley I ought to know how to make a loaf of traditional Irish soda bread. And luckily, I was taught how to ...

Lift the flour up with your fingers to distribute the salt and bread soda. Add the beaten egg (if using) to the buttermilk. Make a well in the centre and pour in all the liquid. With your fingers ...

Add all of the wholemeal flour, stir, then add the buttermilk, raisins and seeds ... nutty tasting healthy Irish soda bread made with whole wheat flour with a little bit of white flour to lighten ...

Without yeast, the bread relies on a reaction between the buttermilk and baking soda to leaven the dough. The Irish claimed this bread as their own because their climate is best suited to grow ...

Cool on a wire rack. If you don't have buttermilk for the soda bread recipe, you can use half-and-half plain yoghurt mixed with milk. You can also use milk that has been soured by stirring in a ...

In a large mixing bowl, sieve in the flour and bicarbonate of soda ... bread. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture. Break the egg into the base of a measuring jug and add the buttermilk ...

Have a go at making your own Irish soda bread. Try it for breakfast ... Make a well in the centre and pour the buttermilk into the dry mix and quickly combine with a table knife or fork.

Place on a wire rack to cool for 5-10 minutes, then slice and enjoy! If you don’t have buttermilk you can swap a combo of ...

and buttermilk instead of sour milk as times got better. And soda bread never lost its magical power to aid the Irish, even two centuries later. It seems that Mary O’Halloran’s bar on Avenue A ...