1 lb Flour
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Bicarbonate of soda
1/2 pt Buttermilk (or milk soured
-with a little lemon juice)
(Taken from “Good Food from Ireland” by G.Campbell, Grafton editors)
Preheat oven 220?C or 425?F. Mix flour, salt and soda. Stir in the
buttermilk and mix to a soft dough. Turn on to a floured worktop and knead
quickly and lightly. =46orm the dough into a flat, round cake about 2
in/5cm high and cut a deep cross in it. Put on to a floured baking tray and
bake for 30-40 mn or until well risen and lightly browned. When cooked il
will sound hollow when tapped on the base. Cool on a wire rack and eat very
fresh or freeze it or leftovers.
Yields
1 Servings