Irish Soda Bread from Sourdough Discard

St.Patrick’s day is coming soon, and it’s a great reason to utilize your sourdough discard into something as delicious as Irish soda bread. I am very happy with the balanced flavor and texture, and whole wheat flour adds such a nice kick to the aroma of the loaf.

Ingredients 

• 200g all purpose flour +20-40g more to dust the surface 
• 100g whole wheat flour
• 50g cold butter 
• 50g sugar
• 5g baking soda 
• 6g salt
• 90g sourdough discard 
• 1 large egg
• 130g buttermilk 
• 150g raisins 

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 375F.
• Mix flour, shred cold butter with a shredder and mix it all in with flour until you see coarse pieces.
• Add sugar, salt, baking soda mix all together.
• Add sourdough discard.
• In a separate bowl whisk an egg with buttermilk, pour it into flour mixture.

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• Mix on a medium speed of your mixer for 3-5 minutes, add raisins, continue mixing for couple more minutes. Dough will look kind of sticky. 

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Dump the dough on a well floured work surface, try to round it. The dough might seem sticky, but it has to hold the shape. Transfer it on a parchment paper. Spray the dough with water, sprinkle some sugar, and make an “X” cut on top with a razor.

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Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.

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Let it cool and enjoy your Irish soda bread🙏