Name: Cheddar soda bread with spring onion butter
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 150g plain flour plus extra for dusting; 150g wholemeal flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 100g mature cheddar grated; 250ml buttermilk; 4 spring onions finely chopped; 100g salted butter at room temperature

150g plain flour
plus extra for dusting
150g wholemeal flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
100g mature cheddar
grated
250ml buttermilk

SPRING ONION BUTTER

4 spring onions
finely chopped
100g salted butter
at room temperature

Method

step 1
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Mix the flours, bicarb and 1½ tsp salt in a bowl. Add the cheese, keeping a small handful back, and toss together. Add enough buttermilk to make a soft but not too sticky dough.
step 2
Knead briefly then form into a ball. Put on a floured baking sheet and slash a cross on top. Sprinkle with the rest of the cheese. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until the loaf sounds hollow when you tap the bottom. Meanwhile, mix the butter and spring onions together, and tip into a serving dish.
step 3
Serve the soda bread just-warm, with the spring onion butter on the side.