The Best Gluten Free Keto Irish Soda Bread
This recipe is magically delicious - it creates perfect Irish soda bread or biscuits. They are tender and crumbly and crunchy and moist and all things delicious. It whips up in minutes flat and bakes in less than 30 minutes. A great go-to every night kind of bread alternative.
Servings: 8
Calories: 300kcal
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 3 cups Almond Flour I use Bob's Red Mill or Trader Joe's
- 1/4 cup psyllium husk powder NOT husks! Alternately replace with 1 1/2 tsp xanthan gum.
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2-1 tsp salt I like salt so I use the full tsp, but adjust accordingly!
- 2 T sugar free keto sweetener Optional, can be omitted
- 2 tbsp butter Cut or forked into small pieces
Wet ingredients
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tbs Buttermilk
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400o. If you are using a pizza stone or cast iron pan preheat that also.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl, turn your mixer on or use a whisk to blend them together.
- Add the pieces of butter to the dry ingredients and turn your mixer on, or cut them in by hand.
- In a glass measuring cup measure the buttermilk.
- Add the egg to the buttermilk and whip with a fork until blended.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix very briefly - just until blended.
- Plop the dough into or onto your pan. Don't mess with it to much, leave it craggy and not smooth. You can press it to the edges of your pan if needed. If you are making biscuits then you can just plop a ball of dough right on the pan, loosely formed.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes at 400o. For bread, turn the oven down to 350o and continue baking for another 15 minutes. For biscuits, test at 15 minutes to see if done, they may need a few more minutes. You will know it's done when it's golden brown, smells delicious and a knife comes out clean.
Notes
Irish soda bread requires soda to react with an acid like buttermilk to create the lift you get with yeast breads. Don't skip this step! If you don't have buttermilk you can add 1 tsp of lemon or vinegar to milk/yoghurt/sour cream - and let it set up about 5 minutes.
Psyllium husk powder works like a lucky charm in this recipe - it binds and helps with texture. If you don't have any go get some! But it will be OK if not, just go ahead and replace it with another binder like 1 tsp xanthan gum or chia seeds.
You want a crusty craggy loaf with a nice crumb. Don't try to overmix or smooth this batter - just let it be!
Approximate Nutritional Information**Calculated without any sweetener as whatever you use will vary widely. It's optional, I like a little sweetness but it's fine without it too!
Servings per recipe: 8
Calories: 300
Fat: 24 g
Sodium: 438 mg
Potassium 56 g
Total Carbs: 14.2 g
Fiber: 8 g
Protein: 10.5 g