Soda bread

Ingredients
For one loaf
250 grams wholemeal flour
250 grams plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon salt
400 mls kefir or buttermilk

Note: I use spelt flour because my daughter is intolerant to normal wheat and kefir because we always seem to have a surplus.

Method
1. Place dry ingredients in a bowl and mix them together
2. Add the kefir or buttermilk
3. Bring the mixture together into a soft dough... but no heavy kneading
4. Shape into a round and slash a cross right across quite deeply
5. Place on a well greased baking tray and rest for 20 mins
6. Preheat oven to gas mark 6
7. Bake for about 30 mins until bread sounds hollow when smacked on the bottom.