Quick breads - How is a dough formed?

Answer 1

Here you are mate . This is the most popular bread eating in all Ireland, special as a side for soup, Irish stew and prawn cocktail. If you can find buttermilk just heat up milk and add a teaspoon of lemon juice,. The acidity of the buttermilk or the lemon will react with the bicarbonate of soda creating ........well you jus want the recipe . Here we go

Ingredients

350g wholemeal flour

100 g strong plain flour

300 ml of buttermilk

1 tablespoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teablespoon of sugar

salt

30-50 g porridge oats

1 egg beated with a ts of water

2 tablespoons of chopped nuts(optional) 350g wholemeal flour 100g strong white flour 300ml buttermilk 1 heaped tsp bicarbonate of soda (not baking powder) 1-2 tsp salt to taste 1-2 tsp sugar to taste 50g porridge oats (optional) Preparation method 1. Pre-heat the oven to 220 degrees C.

2. Sift flours, salt, sugar, bicarbonate of soda and oats together in a bowl.

3. Add buttermilk and mix into a dough (you need to use your hands, don't over knead or it will produce a brick loaf, you just want to mix the ingredients together).

4. Form into a ball.

5. Place onto a greased baking tray.

6. Cut half way through the loaf with a sharp knife then again the other way to form a cross. This splits the bread into crusty sections.

7.using a pastry brush, brush the tp of the loaft with the egg wash and sprink the chooped nuts

8. Cook for 30 mins, if you dont like your bread very crusty cover with foil for the last 5 minutes or so. Bread is done when it sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom

8. Let it cool on a wire rack for 10-15 mins,.........DONE!!!!!

Answer 2

so the Leavened or fermented doughs (generally made from grain cereals or legumes that are ground to produce flour, mixed with water and yeast) are used all over the world to make various breads