So I made this thing and put it on Instagram and then people asked for the recipe. So, here it is.

I should point out I don’t really measure stuff out, I just go by how much is in the bowl etc, but I’ve added approximate amounts. You’ll figure it out.

Ingredients

• Plain flour – 400g
• Baking soda – 1.5 teaspoon
• Salt – 2 teaspoons
• Bacon bits – some
• Cheddar cheese – 100g
• Hot red chilli – 1
• Buttermilk – 200ml or maybe more or maybe less, I don’t really know

Method

• Pre-heat oven to 180C
• Lash all the flour in a bowl. Add the baking soda and salt. Mix it like Sir Mixalot.
• Fry up the bacon bits
• Chop up the cheese into 1/2cm chunks
• Chop up the chilli real fine like
• Add cheese, bacon and chilli to the dry mix
• Add the buttermilk until it all comes together without being too wet
• Turn it out onto a floured surface
• Make a kind of roundy-shaped, but slightly flat ball, you don’t need to knead it. Just shape it.
• Place it on a baking tray with baking paper or a pizza stone if you have one
• Score a 1/2 inch deep cross into the top of it
• Add some thinly sliced cheddar (if you like) to the top of the dough
• Place in oven, bake for 40-45 minutes.
• Remove, cool on a wire rack.
• Eat

You should get something that ends up looking like below – and it’s delicious. Thank me later.

Recipe: Chilli, cheese and bacon soda bread