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Irish Soda Bread
Irish white quick bread leavened with baking soda and buttermilk.
About Irish Soda Bread
Irish Soda Bread is a quick bread raised by the reaction between baking soda and acidic buttermilk. This profile fixes the traditional white-flour version made only with flour, baking soda, salt and buttermilk.
Buttermilk gives the loaf a clean lactic tang and gentle dairy richness, while wheat flour provides a mild cereal flavour. Salt balances the crumb, with no sugar, fruit or added fat in this everyday version.
The loaf is a rustic round with a deep cross and a dark golden, firm crust. Inside, the pale crumb is tender and slightly crumbly rather than stretchy like a yeast-raised bread.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Irish Soda Bread
Traditional Four-Ingredient White Irish Soda Bread.
- Plain wheat flourPale bread structure
- Baking sodaChemical leavening
- SaltSeasoning
- ButtermilkAcidic hydration and dairy tang
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Plain wheat flour: . The complete source says flour; the established plain wheat-flour route is selected and Wheat remains explicitly declared
- Baking soda:
- Salt:
- Buttermilk:
Origins & food traditions
Let's Dish supplies the complete four-ingredient white soda-bread recipe selected here. Tourism Ireland independently identifies soda bread as a traditional Irish bread made from flour, baking soda, buttermilk and salt and explains the customary cross cut into the loaf.
Countries
- Ireland
- IrelandCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Irish Cuisine
- Irish CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.