Smoked salmon on brown wheaten bread
Bradán deataithe: Irish smoked salmon on home-made brown soda bread
Irish smoked salmon, bradán deataithe, comes from smokehouses along the west coast in Connemara and Cork, and a plate of it on buttered brown wheaten bread is a classic starter at weddings and Christmas, and a light lunch in country hotels. The bread is a quick wholemeal soda bread made with buttermilk and no yeast, nutty and slightly sweet. Serve with lemon, capers and red onion. Cold-smoked salmon is not cooked, so pregnant people and anyone with low immunity should avoid it or use hot-smoked salmon instead. Chef's tip: cut the bread only when it has cooled completely; warm soda bread squashes and turns gummy.
- Total time
- 60 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
For the wheaten bread
To serve
Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Heat the oven to 400°F (350°F fan) and grease a 900 g loaf tin. Mix 10 ½ oz coarse wholemeal flour, 5 ½ oz plain flour, 1 oz rolled oats, 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 1 tsp salt and 1 tbsp brown sugar in a bowl, then rub in 1 oz cold butter.
8 minStep 2: Pour in 2 cups buttermilk and mix quickly with a spoon into a soft, wet dough. A common mistake is kneading; soda bread toughens if worked, so stop as soon as it comes together.
2 minStep 3: Tip into the tin, level the top and bake for 40–45 minutes until well risen and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped underneath. Cool on a rack for at least 1 hour.
45 minStep 4: Keep 10 ½ oz cold-smoked salmon in the fridge until just before serving. Slice the bread thinly and spread with 1 ¾ oz soft salted butter.
5 minStep 5: Drape the salmon over the bread, add ½ red onion, 1 tbsp capers and 1 tbsp fresh dill, grind over ½ tsp black pepper and serve with 1 lemon wedges. Eat smoked salmon within 2 days of opening the pack.
5 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 22 g
- Carbs
- 52 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fibre
- 6 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does smoked salmon on brown wheaten bread take?
- About 60 minutes in total: 15 minutes to prepare and 45 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
- What can I use instead of rolled oats?
- Quick oats, same amount.
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