FOOD Ashford Castle’s Executive Head Pastry Chef shares her time-honed recipe for the perfect Irish brown soda bread ...

Mix the flours in a large bowl and rub in the butter. Add the salt and sieved bread soda. Lift the flour up with your fingers to distribute the salt and bread soda. Add the beaten egg (if using ...

Line a baking tray with parchment and heat your oven to 220°C. Mix the white flour with the bread soda and cinnamon. Sieve them all into a large bowl to ensure the soda is evenly distributed.

If this colour is quite strong it indicates that there is excess soda in the bread and this can react slightly with the acid in your stomach and cause indigestion, but isn’t harmful in small ...

Tip out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely. To serve, place the brown soda bread on a breadboard and cut into slices at the table. Hand around with a separate pot of butter for spreading.

Try this easy soda bread recipe for when you want bread in a hurry – it's ready in less than an hour with no kneading, proving (or yeast). This makes a small loaf, but you can easily double the ...

Redmond Cabot shares an easy recipe for Irish soda bread – so simple even kids and useless cooks could make it ...

Irish soda bread is enjoyed year-round in Ireland and has many interpretations nationally and internationally. The original concoction of yeastless bread was created by Native Americans.