I love making soda bread. It makes the perfect dipping material with a freshly made tzaziki or with plain olive oil and vinegar. I inspired this bread on a recipe by Lorraine Pascale. I was out of olives at the time. Which meant adding sweet carrots to the mix, and a matching herb; caraway.
Remember this is a soda bread: Which means no kneading, just mixing and combining! This creates that light and cake-like texture.
Carrot soda bread
- 450 grams self raising flower
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup of finely grated carrot
- 2 tsp caraway seeds
- 225 ml water
Preheat your oven at 200 degrees C.
Combine all the dry ingredients and the carrots. Combine the olive oil and water.
Mix all ingredients with fork. When it all seems combined, tip the bowl on your counter and combine into a ball. Place the ball on a baking tray which you dusted with flower against sticking.
Flower the handle of a wooden spoon. Push the handle into your loaf to create, halves, quarters and then 1/8 wedges.
Bake your loaf in the oven for 35 minutes. Leave to cool for 15 mins before eating, bon apetit!