Name: Honey and ale soda bread
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 lemon; 200 millilitre milk; 360 gram plain wholemeal flour; 50 gram rolled oats; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 200 millilitre light brown ale; 1 tablespoon honey; 40 gram butter; 100 gram unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon honey; to taste sea salt flakes

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 200°C fan/220°C/gas mark 6 and line a 2lb loaf tin with butter and flour.

Step 2

Squeeze the lemon juice (1) into the milk (200 mL) and set aside to sour a little.

Step 3

Mix the flour (360 g) , oats (50 g) , salt (3 g) and bicarbonate of soda (5 g) in a bowl and make a well in the centre. Combine the beer (200 mL) , honey (20 g) and melted butter (40 g) in a jug.

Step 4

Pour the wet mixture into the dry and stir lightly – the mixture will be wet and easy to pour. Pour the mixture into your prepared loaf tin and scatter over a few extra oats.

Step 5

Bake for about 35 minutes or until the loaf sounds hollow when you tap it. Cool on a wire rack.

Step 6

Beat the butter (100 g) and honey (20 g) together until pale and fluffy then stir in the sea salt (to taste) . Serve the honey butter with the sliced cooled soda bread.

Honey and ale soda bread

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