The other ingredients — flour, soured milk (now buttermilk), and salt ... especially toasted in thick slabs. Why This Irish ...

Have a go at making your own Irish soda bread. Try it for breakfast ... but not too much (if the dough seems stiff add a little milk). Shape the dough into a round loaf and flatten it slightly ...

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 ...

This adds more air and therefore more lightness to your finished bread ... milk if necessary. The dough should be softish, but not too wet and sticky. The trick with bannock like all soda breads ...

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 ...

"This recipe uses two tough and hardy herbs that may still be visible in your garden at this time of year; rosemary and thyme ...

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 ...

Stir together the flour, soda, salt in a large bowl. Cut in the shortening/butter with a pastry blender until it looks like coarse meal. Add all of the wholemeal flour, stir, then add the ...