Take advantage of oats, a cabinet staple, with this moreish cheese and spring onion soda bread. Get pleasure from with soups, salads or just slathered in butter

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:30 minutes
  • Cook dinner:1 hr and 5 minutes
  • plus chilling and cooling
• Simple
• Serves 8

• Vegetarian

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Elements

• 120g rolled oats, plus additional for the topping
• 250g plain flour, plus additional for dusting
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 150g mature cheddar, grated
• 4 spring onions, chopped
• 350ml buttermilk, plus just a little additional (optionally available)
• ½ tsp Dijon mustard

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Methodology

• STEP 1

  Warmth the oven to 200C/180C fan/fuel 6 and line a baking tray with baking parchment. Blitz the oats in a meals processor till fantastic, then tip into a big bowl together with the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ½ tsp salt and 1 tsp freshly floor black pepper. Shortly combine collectively to mix. Combine in 130g of the cheese and the entire spring onions.

• STEP 2

  Combine the buttermilk and mustard collectively in a jug, then pour this into the dry substances and use a cutlery knife to rapidly combine right into a tender, shaggy dough. If the dough nonetheless appears dry, add one other 1-2 tbsp buttermilk. Flip the dough out on a floured floor and knead briefly to simply carry it collectively right into a ball.

• STEP 3

  Switch the dough to the ready tray and flatten it barely right into a thick disc utilizing your palm. Use a pointy knife to chop a really deep cross into the highest, then scatter with the remaining cheese and a small handful of oats. Bake for 35-45 minutes till deeply browned and the loaf sounds hole when tapped on the underside. Go away to chill on a wire rack earlier than slicing and serving.