Hearty Beef Stew with Scallion Biscuits

jamiegeller.com · 2020 · 6 Servings

Against 321 biscuit recipes

Less buttermilk than 97% of recipes and more fat than 95%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less buttermilk than 97% of recipes: 41% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%, about half as much.
More fat than 95% of recipes: 63% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
More salt than 98% of recipes: 4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 2.5 times as much.
More leavening than 86% of recipes: 6.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

1 pound beef stew meat454 g
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour≈ 16 g
½ teaspoon Kosher salt≈ 2 g
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper≈ 2.5 g
4 tablespoons olive oil (divided)≈ 54 g
1 large parsnip (peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes)n/a
3 small carrots (peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes)≈ 150 g
1 cup boiling onions (peeled and halved if large, (fresh or frozen work here))≈ 237 g
2 cloves garlic (minced)n/a
2 tablespoons tomato paste≈ 30 g
¼ cup red wine≈ 59 g
3 cups beef stock≈ 711 g
¼ teaspoon dried thyme≈ 1.2 g
2 bay leavesn/a
¼ cup soy milk≈ 61 g
1 tablespoon white wine or cider vinegar≈ 15 g
1 cup all-purpose flour plus 1 tablespoon≈ 133 g
2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
⅛ teaspoon baking soda≈ 0.8 g
1 teaspoon Kosher salt≈ 4 g
3 tablespoons vegetable shortening≈ 38 g
3 scallions (chopped)n/a

flour 148 gbatter 1977 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 321 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: fat, buttermilk, leavening, sugar, salt.