barmbrack
Sign in to saveBarmbrack (), also often shortened to brack, is a yeast bread with added sultanas and raisins. The bread is associated with Halloween in Ireland, where an item (often a ring) is placed inside the bread, with the person receiving it considered to be fortunate.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Barmbrack
- Food.image
- Barmbrack.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.caption
- Two loaves of barmbrack
- Food.alternate_name
- Báirín Breac, Boreen brack, Bawreen brack
- Food.country
- Ireland
- Food.type
- Sweet bread
- Food.main_ingredient
- Flour, sultanas, raisins
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- Etymology
- Description
- Halloween tradition
- New Year's Eve tradition
- Other references
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- References
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Barmbrack (), also often shortened to brack, is a yeast bread with added sultanas and raisins. The bread is associated with Halloween in Ireland, where an item (often a ring) is placed inside the bread, with the person receiving it considered to be fortunate.
== Etymology == It is sometimes called , and the term is also used as two words in its more common version. This may be from the Irish word - - and - (due to the raisins in it), hence it literally means a speckled loaf (a similar etymology to the Welsh ).
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