Irish Tea Bread
Here is a recipe that captured my eye was the for Brack Bread. Brack is derived from
the Irish word brac, that means speckled – as you can see each bread is speckled with dried berries and candied peel from lime. It makes one loaf understanding that this beautiful loaf features tea among its primary ingredients. In addition to being a fantastic thing to nibble on while having tea, it also has plump raisins and currants and I enjoy both of those dried fruits in homebaked goods. You need to begin this recipe the day before you make it so the fruit has plenty of time to plump and marinate overnight.
I’d anticipated a dense fairly dry loaf of bread but it ended up being very moist and soft and rather light for a bread using a lot of fruit in it. I like the spiciness along with the hint of brandy, too. Actually, even though I like a good dark Irish Breakfast tea, you really could not taste the tea. It does, nevertheless, go rather well with a mug of dark tea and a interesting book. This bread typically lasts several days without getting stale as a result of all the fruit.
Recipes:
A single cup golden raisins
3/4 cup dehydrated currants
1/4 cup sliced candied peel – half “lemon” and half orange
1 1/2 cups of brown sugar
1 1/2 c. cold tea – Irish Breakfast
1/4 cup bourbon or other liquer
2 c. bread or all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking
1/2 teaspoon each of the following sugar, salt, ground cinnamon
One egg, lightly beaten
Grease a 8″x4″ loaf pan.
In a bowl stir the raisins, currants, candied peels, brown sugar and tea. Sprinkle in a dollop of liquer to give it a depth of flavor. Cover well with plastic wrap to ensure that no moisture escapes and let marinate 8-12 hours.
The next morning, Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees F. while preparing the bread. In a mixing bowl combine your dry ingredients and then add the dry ingredients in the marinated fruit combination, stir well to combine, and then add beaten egg. The batter will be on theslightly on the thin side. Pour in the prepared loaf.
Bake the loaf in the oven until finally a toothpick comes out with no crumbs when pierced in loaf, approximately 1 1/2 hours. Take the bread from oven. Set on a wire rack roughly 5 minutes to cool, then remove bread from your pan and permit cool entirely before serving.
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