Traditional Irish Soda Bread
In the Fall of 2015, Mark and I toured Ireland with a group of friends and enjoyed a baking lesson for Traditional Irish Soda Bread at Donegal Manor. Sian Breslin was our delightful instructor. Sian uses buttermilk, but I like to use a mixture of milk and yogurt. Also, the flour here in the States has more gluten than that in Ireland, so cornstarch helps soften it. Finally, I decided to go the old-fashioned route of baking it in a Dutch oven, similar to the traditional bastible, but without a handle for hanging it over the fire.
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