Ingredients

• 100g/3½oz Stilton cheese
• 75g/2½oz shelled walnuts
• roughly chopped
• 50g/1¾oz sultanas
• 300g/10½oz plain white flour
• plus extra for dusting
• 200g/7oz wholemeal flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp table salt
• 400ml/14fl oz buttermilk

Directions

• For the flavourings
• crumble the Stilton into a bowl and add the walnuts. Stir in the sultanas and set aside.
• For the soda bread
• preheat oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
• Tip the flours
• bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl. Add the flavourings.
• Pour in the buttermilk and mix to a soft dough. Tip out onto a floured surface and gather into a ball. Cut deep slits in the loaf to mark out quarters and dust with flour.
• Place the bread on the baking tray and bake for 30 minutes
• or until golden-brown and cooked through. The loaf should sound hollow when tapped on the base.
• Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.