Currant Bread
Irish Recipe

Simple quick bread or “soda bread” is synonymous with traditional Irish farmhouse cuisine. Dried currants are a classic embellishment, but raisins work fine in a pinch.

 

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Irish Currant Bread by Beyond Wonderful Guest Chef, Sean Canavan of the Holy Grail Irish restaurant in San Francisoc, CA.
Currant Bread
Irish Recipe
Simple quick bread or “soda bread” is synonymous with traditional Irish farmhouse cuisine. Dried currants are a classic embellishment, but raisins work fine in a pinch.
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Ingredients
Serves 1 loaf

4 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup currants
1 egg, beaten
2 cups buttermilk
 

 

 

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350-degrees
Grease and flour a 9″x4″x 2 3/4″ baking pan, or coat with non-stick spray.1. Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and currants in a spacious bowl.2. Whisk together the egg and buttermilk in a separate bowl.3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix gently only until combined. Do not overmix.

4. Spread the batter in the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for about one hour, until the top of the loaf is firm.

5. Cool before slicing.

Compliments of Seán Canavan, Executive Chef
Holy Grail restaurant in San Francisco, CA

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Preparation time: Ten minuts plus one hour baking time.

 

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