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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Irish >> Irish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place a 10" UNGREASED cast iron skillet in oven to heat. | 2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Cut in the butter or margarine with a pastry blender. | 3. Stir in the caraway seeds and currants. | 4. Stir in just until combined 1/2 cup buttermilk and the egg. | 5. Turn dough out on a floured cutting board. The dough will be sticky. With floured hands knead the dough a few times until able to form into a disc shape. | 6. Carefully remove the hot cast iron skillet from oven and lightly grease with butter. Place the round ball of dough into the skillet. | 7. In desired, cut an "X" into the top of the loaf using a toothpick. Brush the top of loaf with the remaining buttermilk. Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown and hollow when tapped. | 8. Serve warm. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	2	cups	unbleached	729.12	53.6256	63.5208	34.692
sugar	1/4	cup		201.495	50.398999999999994	0.0	0.0
baking soda	1/2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
baking powder	1/2	tablespoon		3.657	1.9113	0.0	0.0
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1/4	cup		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
caraway seed	1	teaspoon	crushed	6.992999999999999	1.0479	0.4152	0.3064
currant	1/4	cup	substituted	17.64	4.3064	0.392	0.1148
buttermilk	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
egg	1		whisked	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.