Irish wheaten bread with a slight twist
Being Irish I love wheaten bread and as a Nutritionist/Home economics teacher I have experimented with different recipes until I found one that I could give to my dad to make. I used quality ingredients to produce this nutritious moist wheaten bread. This bread is full of nutritious wholesome ingredients and packed with lots of fibre for digestive health. I hope you love this bread as much as I do.
Ingredients
Makes: 1 loaf
- 350g wholemeal flour mix (see footnote)
- 150g self raising flour
- 60g sea salted butter
- 1 1/4 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons himalayan pink salt
- 1 teaspoon mara seaweed kombu (optional)
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 450ml buttermilk
- 4 tablespoons rapeseed oil
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:1hr ›
Ready in:1hr20min
- Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas 6. Lightly grease or line a 23x12cm loaf tin.
- Mix the flours together in a large mixing bowl.
- Rub in the butter to the flours using your finger tips. Add the pink salt, kombu, baking powder and bicarb. Make a well in the centre and add the wet ingredients – the buttermilk, oil and maple syrup. Mix well with a wooden spoon and pour into lined loaf tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 180 C / Gas 4; rotate tin and bake another 30 minutes.
- Allow loaf to cool on a wire rack before slicing. While cooling, cover with cling film or the baking paper to prevent the crust going to hard.
Ingredient notes
For the wholemeal flour mix I used rye, spelt, einkorn and seed and grain flours. I like to experiment with alternative ingredients so feel free to use the ingredients you have.
Kombu is a dried seaweed harvested off the Scottish coast where I currently live and work.
The maple syrup I use is an alternative to sugar and seems to give the bread a dark colour that I like, but you can use sugar or honey instead. I'm not a fan of the taste of stevia.
Calorie note
This bread is not recommended as part of a calorie controlled diet. It is delicious however. Eat in moderation as one thin slice is approximately 225 calories.
