Rory O'Connell's bastible bread
A bastible is an iron pot, usually with three little legs underneath and a slightly domed lid, that was used as a pot oven to cook over an open fire. Everything from breads and tarts to stews and even a goose was cooked in a bastible. Bread and tarts that were cooked in a bastible always had more tender crusts because the steam was trapped inside the pot, softening the crust. You can recreate a similar tender crust effect by cooking the soda bread in a covered casserole in the oven.
Food
• 22 Dec 21
