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I've been making soda bread almost my entire life.
I knead it a bit, the same way I do my scone dough - not too much or it will get tough.
I form it into a round, slap it onto a baking sheet and cut straight down first one way, then the other all the way to the pan - so it is in 4 quarters but still together. I use a bench knife.
It looks like this. Usually like the one on the left but sometimes like the one on the right.
I've never seen it done any differently.
I've been making soda bread almost my entire life.
I knead it a bit, the same way I do my scone dough - not too much or it will get tough.
I form it into a round, slap it onto a baking sheet and cut straight down first one way, then the other so it is in 4 quarters but still together. I use a bench knife.
It looks like this. Usually like the one on the left but sometimes like the one on the right.
I've never seen it done any differently.
