Barm Brack (traditional Irish Bread)
| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruits, Eggs | Irish | Breads, Desserts | 1 | Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 2 1/2 | c | Mixed dry fruit, currants>>> |
| Dark & golden raisins. | ||
| 1 | c | Boiling black tea |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 1 | t | Mixed spice, see note* |
| 4 | t | Marmalade |
| 1 | c | heapingsuperfine sugar |
| 2 1/2 | c | Self-rising flour |
INSTRUCTIONS
Place dried fruit in a bowl, cover with the hot tea and let soak overnight. The next day, add the remaining ingreds. and mix well. Preheat oven to 375 F. Pour batten into greased 7" square pan and bake in the center of oven for 1 1/2 hrs. Let cool in the pan on awire rack. Slice and serve buttered with tea. NOTE* (Mixed spices: equal parts of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice, and mace. In Northern Ireland and in the Republic, BRACK is the Celtic word for salt and is used to mean "bread". Barm brack is leavened bread, the word BARM meaning yeast. The term "barmbrack" for an Irish fruit loaf or cake does not derive from barm or leaven. It is a corruption of the Irish word "aran breac" (Speckled Bread). From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 1249
Calories From Fat: 69
Total Fat: 7.9g
Cholesterol: 186mg
Sodium: 3814.5mg
Potassium: 494.3mg
Carbohydrates: 251.3g
Fiber: 9.2g
Sugar: 16.9g
Protein: 37.5g