Drunken Cheesy Irish Soda Bread Ingredients 3 cups flour (all purpose) 1 Tbl sugar 1 tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 stick cold, firm butter (unsalted) 2 cups grated cheddar, divided 1 cup Guinness , foam removed 1 Tbl apple cider vinegar 2 Tbl cream Instructions Preheat oven to 400F. Lightly spray a piece of parchment paper AND a 12” cast iron pan. Line the parchment paper in the pan so the sides extend at least 1/2” above the edges of the pan. Pour the Guinness into a large cup. Carefully spoon off the foam and discard. Measure out 1 cup of the beer and set aside. Whisk together the flour, 1 1/2 cups of cheddar, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a large mixing bowl. Add in the butter cubes and using a pastry cutter, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles very coarse crumbs with bits of butter still visible here and there. Stir in Guinness and vinegar until you have a shaggy, messy dough. Mix everything together in the bowl with your hands into a cohesive dough that holds together without kneading it. Shape into a dome and transfer to the parchment lined pan. Gently score a cross pattern into the top without deflating the dough. Brush the top lightly with cream and 1/2 cup cheddar and bake for 35 – 40 minutes or until golden and crusty and bottom sounds hollow when tapped. Carefully grabbing the parchment paper, transfer it and the bread immediately to a cooling rack and cool completely before slicing, or just break into quarters along the score lines.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:36:43 +0000
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