If you have been looking searching for some quick to make, yeast-free
bread that you can serve with most of your stews, soups and meaty dishes, then
gluten-free Irish soda bread is the one you must try for.
This recipe makes a
classic, light loaf of Irish Soda bread having terrific texture and flavor. If
you like it with butter, you can serve it with Kerry Gold butter, which is
a deep yellow, super rich and creamy butter from Ireland. This is a hearty, flavorful
and easy to make gluten free soda bread recipe in Irish style that goes just
perfect with any meal.
Cooking Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Serves: 4-5
Ingredients:
·
All-purpose
gluten-free flour blend: 3 Cups
·
Xanthan
gum (If your flour blend already contains xanthan, don’t use it): 1 tsp
·
Sugar:
1/4 cup
·
Baking
soda: 1 tsp
·
Baking
powder: 1 Tbsp
·
Salt:
1/2 tsp
·
Cold, unsalted butter: 1/2 cup
·
Currants:
2/3 cup
·
Buttermilk:
1 Cup
·
1
egg
For Loaf Brushing:
·
Melted
butter: 1 Tbsp
·
Buttermilk:
1 Tbsp
Directions:
1. Preheat your oven at 375-degrees F.
Line a medium sized cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. Take a bowl and mix gluten-free flour
with sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda and xanthan gum (if you are
using).
3. Add butter into the mixture and mix
well till tiny crumbs form.
4. Now add currants and mix well.
5. Take another bowl, and mix buttermilk
with an egg. Add this liquid mixture to the flour mixture. Stir gently with
spatula and then blend the mixture using your hands, until a wet dough is
formed.
6. Keep the dough little bit sticky;
however, make sure you can form it into a ball shape and place it on a
parchment paper lined cooking sheet.
