Irish tea brack
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Irish tea brack
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For a delicious tea-time treat try Margaret Browne's simple recipe for a traditional, fruit-filled Irish tea bread
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1. Place the cold tea and whiskey in a bowl. Add in the sultanas, currants, glace cherries and mixed peel. Cover and set aside to soak overnight.2. Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas 4.
3. In a mixing bowl, mix together the sugar, self-raising flour, beaten egg, nutmeg and soaked fruit, with its soaking liquid until well-mixed.
4. Transfer the mixture to a well-oiled loaf tin.
5. Bake for 1 hour, 30 minutes until risen and set.
6. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes in its tin, then turn out and cool on a wire rack. Glaze with honey if required.
7. Serve in slices with butter and store in an airtight tin.
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Tried this today. The loaf tin really needs to be lined, and partially covered for some of the cooking to avoid burning. Maybe my oven is out of whack. Didn't turn out that great as a result!
simply well worth the effort and so easy to do