Making Irish soda bread
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use food skills to make Irish soda bread.
Key learning points
- Irish soda bread originates from Ireland in the 1830s, a time of financial hardship.
- To ensure that a recipe works, it is important to weigh and measure ingredients accurately.
- The food skills used to make Irish soda bread are measuring, mixing, shaping, scoring and using the oven.
- The bread rises due to bicarbonate of soda being added. During cooking, it produces gas bubbles.
- Hands should be thoroughly washed to prevent dirt or bacteria contaminating our food.
Keywords
Dough - a mix of flour and water or milk
Soda bread - a type of bread which is quick to make
Bicarbonate of soda - a white powder used to make food rise when baked
Bacteria - tiny, single-celled organisms (some are harmless, some cause food poisoning)
Common misconception
People with an allergy cannot eat bread.
Some people have an allergy to flour made from wheat, which many breads are made from. There are other flours that can be used, so they can eat bread.
Teacher tip
Encourage pupils to watch and talk about the different food reactions that take place when making soda bread. For example, the lemon juice curdling the milk (making it lumpy and sour), and the reaction of bicarbonate of soda in helping the bread to rise (bubbles in the dough).
Equipment
For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which piece of equipment would you use to weigh flour?
Q2.True of false? If you have long hair, you do not need to tie it up before cooking.
Q3.Match the equipment to the food skill:
grating
cutting
mixing
baking
Q4.What is happening here?
Q5.Where should you store the following foods?
can of soup, packet of rice
block of cheese, a tub of hummus
ice cream, fish fingers
Q6.We need a variety of different foods to be...
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.True or false? People with an allergy cannot eat bread.
Q2.Wholemeal, plain and strong are all types of...
Q3.Match the following:
more of the wheat grain.
the milk a sour taste.
the bicarbonate of soda make bubbles.
Q4.Some can cause food poisoning, so it is important to wash our hands when we cook.
Q5.Put this soda bread recipe in the correct order.
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