Buckwheat Flour and Chia Seed Soda Bread

500g/1lb bread tin, jug or bowl, mixing bowl and kitchen foil

250ml milk
½ tbsp lemon juice
250g Doves Farm Organic Wholemeal Buckwheat Flour
1 tbsp soft brown sugar
1 tsp chia seeds
½ tsp Doves Farm Bicarbonate of Soda
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp oil
oil, for tin
oil, for brushing

200°C, Fan 180°C, 400°F, Gas 6

1. Pre-heat the oven.
2. Measure the milk into a jug or bowl and add the lemon juice, cover and leave to curdle for 5 minutes.
3. Rub some oil around the inside of a 500g/1lb bread tin.
4. Measure the flour, soft brown sugar, chia seeds, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl and stir to combine.
5. Pour the milk into the bowl and stir into a smooth paste.
6. Sprinkle the oil over the paste.
7. Using a spatula, turn the paste a few times until it forms a doughy mass.
8. Tip the doughy mass into the prepared tin and smooth the surface.
9. Brush some oil over a piece of kitchen foil.
10. With the oiled side down, cover the tin creating a dome so that the bread can rise during cooking.
11. Bake for 45 minutes.
12. Carefully remove the kitchen foil and bake for a further 10 minutes.
13. Remove from the oven, tip the bread out of the tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.
14. Cool completely before slicing.