Irish sweet bread barmbrack

10 servings

60 minutes

On Halloween in Ireland they bake barmbrack - sweet yeast bread. Small objects are hidden in it - wood chips, peas, coins: whatever is found, that is what awaits the person. The most long-awaited were rings - for a wedding, so barm breaks are still sold with small rings inside. Such bread is good not only as a ritual entertainment, but also as a sweet for tea. It is recommended to eat it with butter. This pastry is very Irish: raisins for barmbrack are soaked in black tea and whiskey, and as a result the dough becomes dark, dense and aromatic.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 260.4
• Proteins: 3.9g
• Fats: 1.2g
• Carbohydrates: 57.7g

Ingredients

• Light raisins: 200 g
• Dark raisins: 200 g
• Black tea: 250 ml
• Whiskey: 50 ml
• Muscovado sugar: 150 g
• Wheat flour: 210 g
• Baking powder: 2 tsp
• Cinnamon: 0.5 tsp
• Nutmeg: to taste
• Salt: 0.5 tsp
• Chicken egg: 1 pc

Cooking steps

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients.

2. Add whiskey to the raisins.

   Required ingredients:

   • Light raisins: 200 g
   • Dark raisins: 200 g
   • Whiskey: 50 ml

3. Pour raisins and whiskey with hot black tea, let it soak for at least 6 hours.

   Required ingredients:

   • Black tea: 250 ml

4. In a separate bowl, mix the sifted flour and baking powder.

5. Add cinnamon and nutmeg.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cinnamon: 0.5 teaspoon
   • Nutmeg:  to taste

6. Add sugar, salt.

   Required ingredients:

   • Muscovado sugar: 150 g
   • Salt: 0.5 teaspoon

7. Then add the egg.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 1 piece

8. Add soaked raisins along with the tea.

   Required ingredients:

   • Light raisins: 200 g
   • Dark raisins: 200 g
   • Black tea: 250 ml

9. Mix well and transfer the dough to a greased pan. Send it to the oven preheated to 180 degrees for one and a half hours.

10. Serve with tea by spreading butter on a slice of barnbrack.