Best 7 Bara Brith Bread Recipes
Bara brith is a traditional Welsh tea bread made with dried fruit, spices, and tea. It is similar to a fruited hot cross bun, but larger and rounder. The name bara brith means "speckled bread" in Welsh, referring to the colorful dried fruit that is scattered throughout the loaf.
Bara brith is typically served warm, toasted, or buttered. It can also be used to make bread pudding or French toast. There are many different recipes for bara brith, some of which include raisins, currants, sultanas, and mixed peel. Others may also include spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and mixed spice. Some recipes even call for the addition of tea leaves, which give the bread a slightly bitter flavor.
No matter which recipe you choose, bara brith is sure to be a hit. It is a delicious and versatile bread that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or tea. The recipes in this article provide a variety of options for making bara brith, so you can find the perfect one to suit your taste.
BARA BRITH
A sweet, yeast-less Welsh bread studded with dried fruit. I generally soak my raisins in Irish breakfast tea, but feel free to experiment with flavors.
Provided by Femmie London
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Fruit Bread Recipes
Time 8h45m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Pour hot tea over currants and raisins in a bowl; soak 8 hours to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Grease a sheet of parchment paper and use it to line a 2-pound loaf pan.
- Stir demerara sugar into tea and fruit mixture until dissolved completely.
- Mix flour and egg into the tea and fruit mixture until completely integrated into a batter.
- Spread batter evenly into the prepared bread pan.
- Bake in preheated oven until golden-brown, about 40 minutes. Cool in the bread pan 5 minutes before transferring to a rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 188.7 calories, Carbohydrate 43.2 g, Cholesterol 23.3 mg, Fat 0.9 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 3.8 g, SaturatedFat 0.3 g, Sodium 260.7 mg, Sugar 24.6 g
BARA BRITH
Bara brith (literally "mottled bread") is sometimes made with yeast but Mary's family recipe omits it, giving a wonderfully sticky texture. It is best spread with plenty of butter.
Provided by Mary Hamilton
Categories Cakes and baking
Yield Makes 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a large bowl soak the fruit and sugar in strained tea and leave overnight.
- Next day preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas 3. Line a 900g/2lb loaf tin with baking parchment.
- Mix the remaining ingredients into the fruit mixture and beat well.
- Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake the oven and bake for 1½ hours or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
BARA BRITH BREAD
From the Avon International Cookbook. According to the cookbook Bara Brith is welsh for Speckled bread. I guess it's because of the currants and/or raisins used in the recipe. If you buy active dry yeast in a small container like I do, use 2 teaspoons for the recipe. Rising of the dough is part of prep time, as you need to let it sit and rise.
Provided by Studentchef
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 2h35m
Yield 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Combine 1 1/4 flour and the other dry ingredients (first five).
- In a saucepan heat buttermilk, sugar, butter and salt just until warm (115-120 degrees F), making sure butter is melted; stir constantly.
- Add to flour mixture, adding the egg in as well. Beat on low speed of electric mixer for 30 seconds. Then beat at high speed for 3 minutes.
- Stir in currant or raisins and as much of the remaining flour as can be mixed with a spoon. Turn onot floured surface and knead in enough of the remaining flour to make moderately stiff dough (takes 6-8 minutes).
- Shape into ball and place into a greased bowl, turning it over once. Cover and let rise until doubled (about 1 1/4 hours). Punch down and shape into a loaf. Put into a greased 8x4x2 inch loaf pan, cover and let rise till nearly double (30 minutes).
- Bake in oven at 375 degree F for 35-40 minutes, making sure to cover with foil the last 20 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool.
BARA BRITH
Good Food reader, Win Morgan shares her recipe for this traditional Welsh tea bread loaf with mixed spice - serve sliced and spread with butter
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert
Time 1h40m
Yield Cuts into 10 slices
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Tip the fruit into a bowl with the sugar and orange zest. Pour over the tea, stir everything together and leave to soak overnight.
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line the base and short sides of a 900g/loaf tin with 1 strip of baking parchment. Tip the flour and spice into a bowl, and beat in the fruit and soaking liquid. Add the egg, followed by the butter. Beat until you have a well-combined, stiff batter, then tip into the prepared loaf tin. Bake for 1¼ hrs, covering with foil or parchment if the top starts to get too dark. Check with a skewer - if it doesn't come out clean, give it another 5-10 mins in the oven.
- Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove and leave to cool completely. Serve sliced and buttered, if you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 321 calories, Fat 5 grams fat, SaturatedFat 3 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 64 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 40 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium
BARA BRITH - WALES
From Celtic Cookery by Iris Price Jones. "Bara Brith (literally Speckled Bread) is a spicy currant loaf which used to be made every bread baking day by adding sugar and spices and fruit to a portion of the bread dough. It is common to all Celtic countries - called Selkirk Bannock in Scotland, Barm Brack in Ireland, Saffron Cake in Cornwall, and Morlais Brioche in Brittany. It is, I suppose, the most popular tea time dish in Wales and it would be a very unusual tea-party that did not include platefuls of bara brith. Recipes for making bara brith without yeast have multiplied these last few years, and are now generally used in preference to the traditional one, because they are so quickly made and so good. This one gives a rich, moist loaf that cuts well." Serve in thinly buttered slices with tea! My French neighbours enjoyed this a lot!
Provided by Mme M
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Put the fruit in a large basin with the sugar, and just cover with warm strained tea. Leave overnight.
- Next day, add to the fruit mixture the marmalade, cinnamon, the beaten egg and flour. Mix well together until you have a nice, slack mixture.
- Bake in a loaf tin, greased and lined with buttered paper. Bake at 325F for 1 1/2 hours.
- Preparation time is overnight soaking, plus 10 minutes active preparation the following day.
- You can get interesting flavours by choosing unusual teas.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 611.6, Fat 1.1, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 992.5, Carbohydrate 146.1, Fiber 8.2, Sugar 40.6, Protein 9.4
BARA BRITH (CURRANT BREAD) WELSH
Make and share this Bara Brith (Currant Bread) Welsh recipe from Food.com.
Provided by truebrit
Categories Breads
Time 1h
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Oven: 450F, Gas Mark 8 for 15 minutes: 375F, Gas Mark 5 for 45 minutes.
- Soak the fruit and candied peel in the water with the spice.
- Leave to steep in a warm place and use the warm spicy, strained water to mix the dough.
- Sift the flour and salt and rub in the lard; cream the yeast with the sugar and a little of the spiced water; mix this into the flour, together with the eggs and use enough of the water to give a firm, yet elastic dough.
- Knead well, leave to rise and knock back; blend in the drained fruit and knead again.
- Shape the dough into loaves and set into greased 1 lb tins in a warm place to prove; bake, reducing the temperature after the first 15 minutes.
- Originally, in some recipies, the fruit content would have been fresh currants or blackberries.
- Bara Brith is often served as part of the traditional Welsh tea.
- It can also be purchased at many of the small bakeries found throughout Wales.
- British Cookery (BTA/BFPC)
Nutrition Facts : Calories 416.4, Fat 12.8, SaturatedFat 4.8, Cholesterol 34.2, Sodium 310.5, Carbohydrate 68.3, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 20.1, Protein 7
BARA BRITH
This unusual quick bread is a staple in Wales. It is dense, moist and especially good warm or toasted with butter or cream cheese. I like it with dates, apricots, craisins, raisins, golden raisins and cherries.
Provided by Laurie Sanders
Categories Sweet Breads
Time 14h
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- 1. Place chopped up dried fruit in a bowl, pour tea over fruit, add brown sugar and mix well. Cover and store in refrigerator overnight.
- 2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease a 9x5x3 loaf pan. Add flour, milk, egg, marmalade and cinnamon to the fruit/tea mixture and mix until well combined. Pour dough into loaf pan.
- 3. Bake until bread is brown and crusty and a toothpick or knife comes out clean. It will take about 2 hours. Cool slighty and remove from pan. It will slice more easily if you allow it to cool completely but it is hard to resist this bread while it is still warm!
Tips:
- Use a digital kitchen scale to measure ingredients for the most accurate results.
- If you don't have a stand mixer, you can make the dough by hand. Just be sure to knead it for at least 10 minutes, until it is smooth and elastic.
- Let the dough rise in a warm place until it has doubled in size. This will take about 1-2 hours.
- If you don't have mixed peel, you can make your own by combining equal parts chopped orange peel, lemon peel, and citron.
- Soak the fruit in tea for at least 30 minutes before adding it to the dough. This will help to plump up the fruit and give the bread a more moist texture.
- Bake the bread in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the bread cool completely before slicing and serving.
Conclusion:
Bara brith is a delicious and traditional Welsh bread that is perfect for any occasion. It is easy to make and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. With its sweet and fruity flavor, bara brith is sure to be a hit at your next gathering.
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