BEST Welsh Tea Bread! - 1940's Bara Brith Recipe
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2022
- This recipe is a recommendation from a viewer and is hands down in my top 5 of the recipes I've made on this channel so far that have been so amazing they now have a permanent spot in my personal cookbook. My goodness, the Welsh seem to have some of the most wonderful recipes (well, out of the 4 I've tried thus far).
But seriously, try this out. Not only is it good, it is made even better by the fact that it was a recipe from the 40's that used ration items like powdered egg and carrots in lieu of dried fruit. I would have been A-OK with being served this as a wartime birthday cake.
Here is the recipe - please do try it. You wont be sorry!
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I'm Welsh. My grandmother used to make Bara Brith a lot - never seen it made with carrots. As you say, it may be some sort of WW2 thing. It's pronounced Bara Breeth in Welsh BTW.
Hi. Thanks for sharing this. Carrot is not a traditional ingredient in Bara Brith (which means "Speckled Bread" in Welsh) or in Welsh cakes. It was in wartime recipes as a sweetener to eke out the sugar, which was rationed Tea is used to rehydrate dried vine fruits because grapes naturally contain tannin. Self Raising Flour is a standard ingredient in Britain. It is Plain Flour (what you would call All Purpose Flour) which has had baking powder added before being packaged and sold.
My word I didn't realize it had been so long since I saw your comment...I apologize for the delay in response! I had wondered if the carrot was just from rationing due to it acting as a substitute sweetener. We can get self raising flour here, but I don't think it's as readily advertised as all purpose.
If you soak the fruit in tea it adds flavour and makes the fruit moist , soft, and plumped up. It also keeps the bars birth moist and stops it being dry and crumbly
Hahaha As a European (and anyone else outside of the US and UK) I got a headache just listening to you talk about the measurments! This looks delicious!
I love raisins and carrots in baked goods 😍 this looks delicious
You have to make this!! Or I'll make it when you come up
Love your channel. Looking forward to the next video.
Thank you! I'm having a lot of fun with these. I'm so happy you enjoyed the video! 🤗
As a Welshman I’ve never seen carrot in bara brith
Oh really? I wonder if that us just a WW2 thing...there was huge carrot propaganda then, for health and as a sweetener supplement to help the sugar rations. How interesting
Barra Breathe
When my mum used to make fruit cake, she always used leftover tea instead of milk. I know milk was rationed during the war and nothing was wasted but I think tea adds flavour too.
I'm kind of a fan of replacing milk with tea now...it really was such a good flavor...but not so overpowering that it's all you taste. And thats a good point perhaps using tea came out of necessity from milk rations. Do you know if it has any hold on making the bread moist? I'm a bit baffled still by how soft and moist this was. Thanks for stopping by!
Delightful 😁
Thanks for the suggestion! 5 stars 😁
There is Welsh tea ,