Method

• Preheat the oven to 230C/210Cfan/Gas8. 
• Dust a baking sheet with flour.
• Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt together in a large mixing bowl.
• Whisk the buttermilk and Black Garlic Paste together in a jug.
• Make a well in the centre of the flour and gradually add the buttermilk mixture to make a soft but not slack dough.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and work into a round shape, 5 cm high. Place the dough onto the floured baking sheet. Cut a cross 1cm deep into the top of the dough.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the base.

To Serve: cut into slices or wedges and serve with BGK’s Black Garlic Brotchán Roy. 

Top Tip: making the dough quickly without much handling is the key to lighter soda bread. The cross on top of the loaf allows the bicarbonate of soda to work.