KEY POINTS:
Makes 10
1 cup fine or medium oatmeal
1/4 tsp salt
Pinch baking soda
1 Tbs butter, melted
3-4 Tbs hot water
Fruit chutney and aged cheddar to serve
1 Lightly oil a heavy fry pan or griddle. Mix oatmeal, salt and baking soda in a bowl.
2 Add butter and enough hot water to make a dough. Dust work surface with a little oatmeal and knead the dough until smooth. Cut in half, then roll each out as thinly as possible into rounds.
3 Cut each round into quarters, or farls. Transfer to the warm pan and cook for 4 minutes then turn over and cook for a further 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool before serving with chutney and aged cheddar.