Name: Soda bread with goat's cheese & watercress salad recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves: 2
Ingredients: 100g (4oz) soft goat's cheese; 1 x 100g bag watercress; 1 pomegranate, seeds removed; Olive oil and balsamic vinegar, to dress the salad

By GoodtoKnow

published 20 July 2019

in Recipes

Baking your own soda bread is much easier than you'd think - and it goes perfectly with this goat's cheese and watercress salad.

Ingredients

100g (4oz) soft goat's cheese
1 x 100g bag watercress
1 pomegranate, seeds removed
Olive oil and balsamic vinegar, to dress the salad

For the soda bread:

225g (8oz) strong wholemeal flour
225g (8oz) strong white flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1tsp salt
300ml (½pt) unsweetened soya milk

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Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C (425°F, gas mark 7). For the bread, sift the flours into a large bowl, adding any grains left in the sieve from the wholemeal. Add the bicarbonate and salt, mix well, then add the soya milk and combine to form a dough. Knead a little to shape into a ball and make a cross with a wooden spoon.
Place on a floured baking sheet and cook for 40-50 mins until it's browned and feels hollow when you tap the base. Place on a wire rack to cool.
Once the bread has cooled, cut off two slices and top with the goat's cheese. Grill for 3-4 mins or until the cheese has just started to turn soft and golden.
Meanwhile, mix watercress with the pomegranate seeds and dress with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Serve with the cheese on toast.

Top Tip for making Soda bread with goat's cheese & watercress salad

To get the seeds from the pomegranate, cut the fruit in half, bash with a rolling pin then squeeze seeds into a bowl. Or you can buy prepacked seeds in the salad aisle of most supermarkets.

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