O’Tooles Way, an Irish-American-inspired restaurant and bar in the heart of Hudson Yards, shares Chef Barry Tonks’s recipe for authentic house-made soda bread. It’s light and airy, sweetened with raisins, and coated in a delicious 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 + Buttermilk Together | Gradually Add To Mixture Until All Is Combined
- Finally, Stir In Raisins
- “The Dough Will Be Wet” With Floured Hands + 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 + Cut Into 4
- Serve With Marmite Butter Or Salated Irish Butter!