Wheatmeal Soda Bread

Paul Hollywood, The Great British Bake-off

Ingredients

250g/9oz plain wholemeal flour

250g/9oz plain white flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp salt

420ml/15fl oz buttermilk (or whey)

extra flour for dusting

Method

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.

In a large bowl, mix together the two types of flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.

Add the buttermilk and mix until a sticky dough forms.

Lightly flour a work surface and tip the dough onto it.

Gently roll and fold the dough a couple of times to bring the mixture together. Do not knead.

Shape the dough into a ball. Flatten the ball gently with your hand. Score the dough with a deep cross dividing it into quarters. Dust the bread with flour.

Place onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment and bake for 30 minutes at 200C/400F/Gas 6. The loaf should be golden-brown.

Leave to cool on a wire rack. This is best eaten on the day of baking