O’Tooles Way, an Irish-American-inspired restaurant and bar located in the heart of Hudson Yards, shares a recipe for its house-made soda bread. The perfect bite to make for guests on St. Patrick’s Day, Chef Barry Tonks’s soda bread is light and airy, sweetened with raisins, and coated in a marmite butter.
O’Toole’s Soda Bread
Yield | 1 loaf
- 420 ml Buttermilk
- 516 g All-Purpose Flour
- 3 tsp Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2.5 oz Diced Chilled Butter
- 1 Room Temp Egg
- 1 cup Raisins
METHOD
- Mix all dry ingredients together
- Add butter to dry ingredients
- In a Kitchen Aid with paddle, mix together until it resembles breadcrumbs
- Mix eggs and buttermilk together: gradually add to mixture until all is combined
- Finally, stir in raisins
- The dough will be wet. With floured hands and floured work surface, lightly knead for a few minutes
- Spray cast iron cocotte with veg spray
- Place in cast iron cocotte
- Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees
- Remove from oven. Cover with tinfoil and allow to rest for 15 minutes
TO SERVE
- Remove soda bread from cast iron cocotte and cut into 4
- Serve with marmite butter or salted Irish butter