Spelt And Linseed Soda Bread

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 250 g wholemeal spelt flour
• 200 g plain flour
• 50 g linseeds
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 400 ml buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 190 degrees.
• 2 in a big bowl mix the dry ingredients together with a fork, lifting a little high to get some air into it.
• 3 (did you know that the most used ingredient in cooking is air?).
• 4 make a well in the centre and add most of the buttermilk or substitute ;-).
• 5 continue mixing with the fork until the dough comes together and is soft but not sticky.
• 6 add more milk if it's getting to dry or if to sticky add a little more flour.
• 7 with floured hands lift out the dough onto a floured surface and shape into a round. do not kneed the dough to much or you will get a hockey puck.
• 8 use your fairy hands for this, lightly lightly makes the dough rise high :-).
• 9 transfer onto a lightly floured baking sheet and with a sharp knife cut a cross along the top to let the fairys out while baking. then bake at 190 degrees for 30 minutes.
• 10 leave to rest and cool on a wire rack.