No-Yeast Soda Bread

A crusty loaf in 45 minutes. No yeast, no kneading, no waiting.

The Food Gene · https://thefoodgene.com/recipe/quick-soda-bread/

Prep
10 mins
Cook
35 mins
Yield
Serves 8
Level
Easy

Ingredients

  • 250 g plain white flour
  • 250 g wholemeal flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 400 ml buttermilk

Method

  1. Heat the oven. Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan) and dust a baking tray with flour.
  2. Mix. Mix the flours, bicarb and salt. Pour in the buttermilk and stir quickly into a soft, sticky dough.
  3. Shape. Tip onto a floured surface, shape into a round and flatten slightly. Cut a deep cross in the top.
  4. Bake. Bake for 35 minutes until it sounds hollow when tapped underneath. Cool on a rack.

Chef tip

Work fast once the buttermilk goes in; the rising starts straight away.

Storage

Best on the day. Toast it on day two.

Swap it

No buttermilk? Stir 1 tbsp lemon juice into 400 ml milk and leave for 5 minutes.