Ireland
- Recipes - Bakery
Soda Bread
3 cups of flour
1 cup
of buttermilk
1 cup of raisins
1 teaspoon of Baking Soda
1 teaspoon of Baking Powder
2 tablespoons of sugar
Sift the flour, baking soda and powder into a bowl. Add in the sugar
and raisins. Stir with a wooden spoon to mix. Add in the buttermilk
or you can use soured milk will do.
Mix into a dough. On a floured surface, knead by folding the dough
into itself. Form a round shape and cut a cross shape on the top
of the mound to keep the bread from "bursting" during
the baking process. Bake the bread for 35-40 minutes at 350°F.
Potato
Bread
1 cup of flour
6 large potatoes
1 egg
1 bunch of scallions
2 tablespoons of Irish butter
1 cup of milk
Salt to taste
Peel, boil and mash the potatoes.
Finely chop the scallions and add to a large bowl. Add the mashed
potatoes, half the flour and butter. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
Blend egg and milk together. Add this in small amounts to bind the
potatoes together into a dough. Add a pinch of salt to taste.
Roll out the mixture on a floured surface to around an inch thick.
Use a 10" plate as a guide to cut a circle out of the dough.
Remove excess potato dough from around perimeter of this circle.
Cut the dough into 8 triangles. Cook on hot grill or pan for 3 -
4 minutes each side until golden brown. Serve hot with butter on
top.
Blackberry
and Apple Tart
2
cups flour
1/2 cup
Irish butter
1 pinch of salt
Ice cold water
3 cups fresh blackberries
3 cups peeled sliced apples
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cream flour
2 tablespoons Irish butter
Make
short crust pastry using flour, Irish butter and ice water then
chill until stiff. Roll out half the pastry, line a 9 inch pie tin
and chill in refridgerator.
Mix blackberries,
apples, sugar and flour together, adding a pinch of salt. Place
on the chilled pastry and dot with the butter. Chill again.
Roll out the
second half of the pastry. Place over fruit dampen edges before
sealing. Seal the edges by fluting and prick the top to allow steam
to escape.
Place pie plate on baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.
Reduce heat to 375 degrees and bake for 20-30 minutes or until top
is nicely browned.
Irish
Pancakes
4oz
flour
1 egg
1 pinch of salt
1/2 pint
milk
Golden
syrup
Sieve flour and salt into a bowl. Make a well and drop in eg. Slowly
beat in milk, mixing with a fork to a smooth consistency. Stand
at room temperature for a couple of hours before cooking.
Mix again thoroughly before before cooking.
To cook pour
a small amount of batter into a hot buttered pan. Fry until golden
brown on both sides. Serve rolled up and topped with golden syrup.
