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Title: Irish Tea Bread Categories: Breads Yield: 4 Servings 12 tb Strong tea 1 lb Mixed dried fruit 6 oz Soft brown sugar 1 Egg, lightly beaten 1 oz Butter (melted) 9 oz All-purpose flour 1/2 ts Bicarbonate of soda The mixed fruit can include raisins, currants, and any other kind of dried fruit you like; chop any larger pieces down to about raisin size. Place the tea, mixed fruit and sugar in a bowl; cover and leave overnight. Stir in the egg and melted butter. Sieve the flour and the bicarb together and fold them in. Line the bottom of a large loaf pan with baking parchment, and brush the whole inside of the pan with melted butter. Pour the mixture in and smooth the top. Bake in a preheated oven (360 F) on the middle shelf for 1 1/2 hours. After removing from the oven, leave in the pan for 2-3 minutes; then turn out of pan and cool on a wire rack. File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/irish.zip |