Soda bread

Soda bread
flat, triangular bread with pale surface irregularly covered with browning.
An Irish soda farl, made by cutting a flattened round of dough into four pieces, then baking
TypeQuick bread
Place of originUnited Kingdom[1]
Created byBritish[1]
Main ingredientsFlour, sodium bicarbonate, salt, buttermilk
round bread loaf with craggy brown surface marked with an x
Whole wheat soda bread (known as wheaten bread in parts of Ireland)
basket filled with round, flat pieces of bread with some browning and charring on the surface
Polish flat soda bread (known as proziaki in Podkarpacie)

Soda bread is a variety of quick bread made in many cuisines in which sodium bicarbonate (otherwise known as "baking soda", or in Ireland, "bread soda") is used as a leavening agent instead of yeast. The basic ingredients of soda bread are flour, baking soda, salt, and buttermilk. The buttermilk contains lactic acid, which reacts with the baking soda to form bubbles of carbon dioxide. Other ingredients can be added, such as butter, egg, raisins, or nuts. Quick breads can be prepared quickly and reliably, without requiring the time and labor needed for kneaded yeast breads.

  1. ^ a b Society for the Preservation of the Soda Bread. Society for the Preservation of the Irish Soda Bread.