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Nadiya Hussain’s Soda Bread

Made with an easy homemade buttermilk for a slightly tangy flavour, this simple soda bread is easily customisable with your favourite spices, dried fruit or nuts.

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Nadiya Hussain

Introduction

Of all the breads, soda bread is the easiest and fastest to make. If you have milk on the turn, it’s the best for bread like this.

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Ingredients

400ml whole milk
4 tbsp lemon juice
500g plain flour
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp caster sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
50g butter, softened

Method

Start by making the buttermilk. Pour the whole milk into a jug with the lemon juice, stir well, set aside and leave to thicken.

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line a baking tray with some baking paper.

Put the plain flour in a large bowl with the salt, caster sugar and bicarbonate of soda.

Add the butter to the bowl and rub the butter in till there are no large clumps.

Make a well in the centre and add the buttermilk, using a dinner knife to bring the dough together without kneading. Do this till you have little or no flour left.

Tip the dough out onto a worktop and bring together without kneading. Place on the lined baking tray and flatten to about 5cm thick. Use a sharp knife to cut all the way through into eight equal wedges.

Pop into the oven and bake for 30 minutes.

Take it out and leave to cool on a rack. While still warm, take a wedge, open and butter generously and enjoy!

TIP: This is such a great dough to flavour. You can use spices, dried fruit, nuts, zests, chocolate – there are so many creative possibilities.

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