irish soda bread

This recipe features our Taste the Fruit 1st Preserves!

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INGREDIENTS:

  • 1oz. Bell-View Taste the Fruit 1st Preserves 

  • 3 oz. raisins 

  • ¼ cup of sugar

  • 2 ¼ cup of all-purpose flour

  • Zest of one orange 

  • 4 tbsp. cold butter 

  • 1 cup Buttermilk 

  • ½ tsp. salt 

  • 1 ½ tsp. flour (to dust on)

RECIPE:

  1. Preheat oven to 400ºF with a oven rack in the center. In a liquid measuring cup, whisk buttermilk and the finely grate all of the orange zest into milk mixture. Then cut 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter into small pieces.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk to combine all of the baking soda, 2¼ cups flour, ¼ cup sugar, and ½ teaspoon salt. Add butter and rub together using your fingertips until little pieces form. 

  3. Add raisins and milk mixture to bowl with flour mixture. Use a wooden spoon to stir until just combined and forms a rough dough. Sprinkle 1–2 tablespoons of the remaining flour on counter. Scrape dough onto counter, sprinkle 1–2 tablespoons flour if dough feels sticky, and gently knead dough comes together and shape into a 6-inch circle.

  4. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon flour on a rimmed baking sheet. Transfer shaped loaf onto prepared baking sheet. Brush top with 1 tablespoon of buttermilk. Cut an X in the bread.

  5. Bake for 35 minutes on 400ºF. The let cool. 

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