Lesley's Onion Loaf

This is a recipe for a soda bread from my wife's Aunt Lesley that we have had for many years. It goes down very well with a braai.

I have just bought a "Bok se Bosvark Oondjie" which is basically an outdoor/camping braai oven and it will be ideal for this. 

Ingredients.

500gm self raising flour
 500ml pack buttermilk.

1/2 cup dried onion flakes
 2 teaspoons celery salt
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
2 teaspoons dried thyme (Optional)
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (Optional)

Method. 

Mix all ingredients except using only half the cheese together into a fairly stiff batter. If it is too dry I add about 1/4 cup of milk to the buttermilk container. shake it up and add this to the batter.

Put in a buttered loaf tin and top with 1/2 the grated cheese that you have reserved.

Bake for 1 hour at 180 degrees c.

Let it cool on a wire rack to dry out a bit. 

It also toasts very nicely