Easy soda bread

• plain wholemeal flour↗500g g
• sea salt↗2 tsp tsp
• bicarbonate of soda↗1 tsp tsp
• finely chopped rosemary1 tbsp tbsp

  (optional)

• whole milk↗400ml ml
• lemon↗1

  juiced

• honey↗2 tsp tsp

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Mix together the flour, salt and bicarb in a bowl. And if you’d like rosemary bread, add the chopped rosemary too.

2. 2

   Mix together the milk and lemon juice in a jug, and wait for a minute as it magically turns into buttermilk. Then stir in the honey, and simply pour it into the flour mixture. Stir it with a knife for a minute until the whole thing comes together into a sticky dough.

3. 3

   Tip onto a floured work surface and shape it into a ball.

4. 4

   Put the ball on a floured baking tray and, using a sharp knife, make a deep cross on top.

5. 5

   Put in the oven and bake for 40 mins.

6. 6

   Cool on a wire rack until warm, then slice and serve.