Barm Brack(Traditional Irish Bread)

* Exported from MasterCook *

BARM BRACK (TRADITIONAL IRISH BREAD)

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 1/2 c Mixed dry fruit--currants>>>
Dark & golden raisins.
1 c Boiling black tea
1 ea Egg
1 t Mixed spice (see note*)
4 ts Marmalade
1 c (heaping)superfine sugar
2 1/2 c Self-rising flour

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.

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.

2. 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).



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