Ingredients

 

• 100g plain flour
• 100g wholemeal flour
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 50g butter
• ¹/₂ teaspoon caster sugar
• 150 – 175ml buttermilk
• a little extra wholemeal flour is needed for dusting

 

Method

1. Heat the oven to 190⁰C/Gas5. Put all the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl.

 

2. Add the butter and rub it into the flour. Make a ‘well’ in the centre of the ingredients.

 

3. Add sufficient (almost all) the buttermilk and, using a wooden spoon, mix quickly and lightly until a soft dough forms. Do not ‘over mix’ or the bread could become heavy, tough and chewy.

 

4. Shape the dough into a round shape. Put it on a floured baking tray. Dust the top lightly with wholemeal flour.

 

5. Mark a deep cross on the top of the dough.

 

6. Bake 25 – 30 minutes until well risen and the bread sounds hollow when tapped underneath.