Asparagus Soda Bread

★ Posted on 03-11,2025

Want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day without blowing your macros? 

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Whip up this modern spin on soda bread. It’s savory and unexpected with ingredients like nutmeg, asparagus, and lemon zest (trust us on this: it’s delicious). 

And if you feel the need to burn off the carbs, try this St. Patrick’s Day keg workout. 

    <h4 class="recipe-ingredients__title">Ingredients</h4>
    <ul class="recipe-ingredients__list">
                                <li>4 cups  organic white all-purpose flour</li>
                                            <li>11⁄2 tsp  baking soda</li>
                                            <li>3⁄4 tsp salt</li>
                                            <li>1⁄2 tsp  ground nutmeg  </li>
                                            <li>Zest  of 1 lemon</li>
                                            <li>1 bunch asparagus, cut into 1⁄4-inch pieces, blanched, and refreshed in ice-cold water</li>
                                            <li>2 cups  low-fat buttermilk</li>
                            </ul>

    <h2 class="block-title"><span>Directions</span></h2>

                            <li>Preheat oven to 450°F. Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.</li>
                                    <li>Sift flour and baking soda together in a large bowl, then add salt, nutmeg, lemon zest, and asparagus. Make a well in the center and pour in buttermilk. Stir using one hand in a circular motion, starting in center and working toward outside until flour is incorporated and dough is sticky. 

  • Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Knead lightly 4 to 5 times, then shape into a loaf.
  •                                     <li>Place dough in loaf pan and bake for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 400°F and bake for an additional 15 minutes.</li>
    
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