Apple, Guinness And Cheese Soda Bread

Apple, Guinness & Cheese Soda Bread

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Prep time

• 10-15 minutes

Cook Time

• 35-40 minutes

Servings

• Makes 1 large loaf

Ingredients

• * 250g strong white bread flour
• * 200g spelt flour
• * 50g oats
• * 10g fine salt
• * 20g baking powder
• * 100g roughly chopped dessert apple, such as Dorset Russet
• * 75g grated Cheddar
• * 100ml sunflower or rapeseed oil
• * 250ml buttermilk
• * 250ml Guinness

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Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 230°C/gas mark 8. Line a baking tray with baking parchment.
2. In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly combine the flours, oats, salt and baking powder. Add the chopped apple and 50g of the cheese and mix in. Make a well in the centre.
3. Combine the oil, buttermilk and Guinness and pour into the dry ingredients. The next stage is the most important part of making good soda bread: the less you handle the mixture, the lighter and tastier the loaf will be. ‘Feather’ your hand out like a giant fork and gently combine the ingredients. This should take no more than a minute and the mixture should only just be combined.
4. Put plenty of flour on your work surface and tip your mixture out on to it. Shape the dough into a round (don’t knead it, just pat it into shape). Transfer it to the baking sheet and top with the remaining cheese. Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown and well risen.