Roast bread

Now, this is something that is a Krismas morning tradition in my family (and my other half thinks is the most disgusting thing he's ever heard) but I learned the other day that it's possible to do with any roast meat. I will be much fatter by the end of this year so...

Ingredients


Brown soda bread
Leftover meat jelly

Method

1. Have a lovely roast dinner.
2. Having collected the leftover roasting juices of your dinner leave them in a bowl in the fridge overnight.
3. Next morning you will see that they have separated into a fatty top layer and jelly bottom layer. Scrape off the fat layer and bin it (or keep it for making roast potatoes!).
4. Slice up your soda bread, not too thick, not too thin.
5. Put a frying pan over a med-high heat.
6. Put a large tbsp (or 2!) of your meat jelly onto a slice of soda bread and place in the frying pan. Rub the bread around in the liquid the jelly turns into, flip it over a few times, and generally allow it to soak up all those yummy meat juices and get crispy on the outside.
7. Eat. You will be astonished at how good it is. No, it's not healthy but hey, we all need treats and pick-me-up's sometimes! :-)

Brown Soda Bread

This is a great little brown bread recipe, you can knock it together and have it on the table in no time, which is useful seeing as it tends to disappear just as fast, if not faster, as you can make it! This is the bread we serve with soup, you can make and bake it whilst the soup cooks, and then it'll be cool enough to slice, but still slightly warm from the oven, when you get around to eating the soup. Mmmm!

Makes 1 loaf

Ingredients


225g self-raising wholemeal flour
225g self-raising flour
1tsp salt
1tbsp demerera sugar
1tbsp rapeseed oil
300-450ml whole milk

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 220C/425F/Gas Mark 7.
2. Sieve the self-raising flour and salt into a large bowl. 
3. Add the wholemeal flour and sugar, following by the oil.
4. Add the milk a little at a time until you have achieved a workable dough. Turn out onto a floured surface and knock into a rounded shape.
5. Place on a floured baking tray and cut a cross into the top of the round with a sharp knife.
6. Bake for about 35 minutes, or until the bread is well risen and crisp, and the base sounds hollow when tapped.
7. Leave to cool on a wire rack before slicing and eating!