Perusing the Internet for something light and zippy to balance out Friday's post. Then came the realization: It's St. Patrick's Day! Make sure you don't get pinched. Here's a link to the History Channel, which offers all sorts of info about the international observance. Everything from the founding of the day to recipes to folklore. Here's a recipe:
IRISH SODA BREAD WITH RAISINS
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
2 cups all purpose flour
5 tablespoons sugar, divided
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 tablespoons butter, chilled, cut into cubes
1 cup buttermilk
2/3 cup raisins
Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray 8-inch-diameter cake pan with nonstick spray. Whisk flour, 4 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in large bowl to blend. Add butter. Using fingertips, rub in until coarse meal forms. Make well in center of flour mixture. Add buttermilk. Gradually stir dry ingredients into milk to blend. Mix in raisins.
Using floured hands, shape dough into ball. Transfer to prepared pan and flatten slightly (dough will not come to edges of pan). Sprinkle dough with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
Bake bread until brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool bread in pan 10 minutes. Transfer to rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
1 comment:
An Irish Dachshund!
We have many of them here in Savannah....everything's turned green here today for St. Pat's or because they've been out in the yard getting covered in pollen.
I'll try the bread!
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