BAKING:
Today at CoolTan Arts Cooking Club we made truly delicious Irish Soda Bread.
Two  batches: one with wheat flour and the other with a gluten-free blend.
When using gluten-free flour, it's important to add some Xanthan Gum to help bind it together and prevent it being too crumbly.

Eggs can also be used to similar effect with gluten-free flour, whether making bread, pastry,cakes or puddings.
We made this Lime and Ginger Drizzle Cake last week to great success.

We are using a lot of lime, ginger and garlic in our recipes at the moment to help  keep away  this seasons' colds and flu's.

Soda Bread Recipe:

*500g plain flour
*4ooml milk
*1 tsp salt
*1 tsp baking soda

*Preheat oven to 200c
*Add flour, baking soda and salt into a bowl and mix together. (Also  2 tsp Xanthan gum if the flour is gluten-free)
*Add milk  slowly stirring together with clean hands.
* Mix into a ball of dough 
*Place on a sheet of greaseproof/parchment  paper on a flat tray. Mark a cross on the top with a knife.
*Place in the oven for 30 mins. 
*Serve warm with butter.



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