Barm Brack (Traditional Irish Bread) Recipe

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Servings: 1

Ingredients

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  • 2 1/2 c Mixed dry fruit-currants))) Dark & golden brown raisins.
  • 1 c. Boiling black tea
  • 1 x Egg
  • 1 tsp Mixed spice (see note*)
  • 4 tsp Marmalade
  • 1 c. (heaping)superfine sugar
  • 2 1/2 c. Self-rising flour

Directions

  1. Place dry fruit in a bowl, cover with the warm tea and let soak overnight. The next day, add in 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 hours. Let cold in the pan on awire rack. Slice and serve buttered with tea.
  2. NOTE* (Mixed spices: equal parts of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice, and mace.
  3. 1. 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.
  4. 2. The term "barmbrack" for an Irish fruit loaf or possibly cake does not derive from barm or possibly leaven. It is a corruption of the Irish word "aran breac"
  5. (Speckled Bread).

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Nutrition Facts

Amount Per Recipe %DV
Recipe Size 622g
Calories 1246  
Calories from Fat 65 5%
Total Fat 7.43g 9%
Saturated Fat 1.84g 7%
Trans Fat 0.0g  
Cholesterol 186mg 62%
Sodium 4053mg 169%
Potassium 575mg 16%
Total Carbs 252.71g 67%
Dietary Fiber 8.9g 30%
Sugars 17.71g 12%
Protein 36.99g 59%
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