Pesto Biscuits
imstuffed · nigella.com · Serves: 18
Against 321 biscuit recipes
No sugar, unlike 69% of recipes and more salt than 75%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No sugar at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 3 to 7.6% of the flour weight).
- More salt than 75% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- Leavening in the middle half of recipes: 4.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
Ingredients (10)
- ⅓ cup toasted pinenuts≈ 79 g
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (plus more for dusting)≈ 250 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil≈ 15 g
- 6 tablespoons cold butter (cut into small pieces)≈ 85 g
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese≈ 237 g
- ½ cup milk≈ 122 g
- ½ cup sour cream≈ 115 g
flour 250 gbatter 920 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 321 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Fat34% · 31st percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk95% · 65th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.3% · 24th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar0% · 15th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt2.4% · 84th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 425°F
- Time
- 12 to 15 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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