The Bulgarian loaf that needs no yeast — yoghurt and bicarbonate of soda do the lifting, so the dough goes from bowl to oven in fifteen minutes and comes out soft, tangy and faintly crumbly.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 500 g plain flour
- 300 g Bulgarian yoghurt
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 50 ml milk
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2375 kcal · P 56.6g · C 408.8g · F 52.6g
Estimated from 7 of 7 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Stir the bicarbonate of soda into the yoghurt and leave it for a minute. It will foam up, and that reaction is what lifts the bread.
- 2Beat the salt, sugar and oil into the foaming yoghurt, then stir in the milk.
- 3Sift in the flour a little at a time, mixing as you go, until you have a soft dough that just comes away from the bowl. Do not knead it hard — this dough wants brief handling.
- 4Shape the dough into a round on a floured surface and set it in a lightly oiled tin or on a lined tray.
- 5Dust the top with flour and score a cross about a centimetre deep, so the loaf opens as it bakes.
- 6Bake at 200°C for 25-30 minutes, until the crust is golden and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped underneath.
- 7Cool on a rack for at least 15 minutes. Soda bread cuts badly while hot and is best eaten the day it is baked.
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Questions and answers
How long does Sodena Pitka take to make?
About 45 minutes: 15 min prep and 30 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Sodena Pitka?
7 ingredients: plain flour, Bulgarian yoghurt, bicarbonate of soda, salt, sugar, sunflower oil, milk.
How many servings does this Sodena Pitka recipe make?
8 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Sodena Pitka?
About 297 kcal, with 7.1 g protein, 51.1 g carbohydrate and 6.6 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Sodena Pitka recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Sodena Pitka?
Sodena Pitka comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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