Soda Bread and White Bread rolls

Bread! Yum! I do not think I've ever been this excited for a practical at Le Cordon Bleu. I love bread and being a student I am more than interested in baking anything that will help me hold my budget. Therefore, this lecture was magical - inspiring, therapeutic (yup kneading that dough for 10 minutes was fun) and I walked away with 16 bread rolls and two delicious soda bread.

Look at that perfection!

So craving these? Here is the recipe:

White bread rolls 16x:

500 gram strong flour

30 gram butter

10 gram salt

20 gram yeast

300 ml water

20 gram sugar

Decoration

poppy seeds

sesame seeds

caraway seeds

How to make it:

1. Stir warm water and yeast in a bowl

2. Stir flour, sugar and salt with a scraper in a large separate bowl

3. Ad water and yeast mixture to flour mic and combine using a scraper and your hands

4. Knead the dough on the table for 10 minutes till gluten is developed

5. Proof the dough in a bowl covered with cling film for 15 minutes

6. Kock back the dough and go let it proof again for another 15 minutes

7. Portion the dough in small 50 gram pieces

8. Let the doughs rest under a cloth while shaping them one on one

9. Proof the shaped buns for 20 minutes before going in to the oven at 190 C for 9-11 minutes

Soda bread:

60 gram butter

200 gram wholemeal flour

165 gram soft flour

7 gram bicarbonate

7 gram cream of tartar (or baking powder) 10 gram salt

70 gram honey

320 ml buttermilk

90 gram rolled oats

How to make it:

1. Sift white flour, salt, bicarbonate, cream of tartar in a large bowl

2. Ad wholemeal flower and stir using a scraper

3. Ad chunks of butter into flower mix using the rub in method with your fingertips

4. Ad honey, oats and buttermilk and combine the dough using a scraper

5. Place the dough on your table and divide it in two separate doughs

6. Roll both of them in oats and set aside on a tray for 5 minutes

7. Cut a cross through each dough and bake in oven at 170 C for 15 minutes.

Yum! This soda bread is something extra. So delicious and easy to make.

Happy baking!

/Amanda