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Chipotle & honey cornbread with black bean salsa

Ailsa Burt · bbcgoodfood.com · 2023 · 8

Against 250 cornbread recipes

Less buttermilk than 95% of recipes and no salt, unlike 92%.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 250 cornbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less buttermilk than 95% of recipes: 54% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 93%.
  • No salt at all, where 92% of recipes use some (most of those 1.1 to 2% of the flour weight).
  • More fat than 83% of recipes: 44% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 29%.
  • More cornmeal share than 79% of recipes: 63% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 53%.
Cornmeal share: 63%, 80th percentileButtermilk: 54%, 4th percentileFat: 44%, 83rd percentileSugar: 18%, 41st percentileEgg: 21%, 15th percentileLeavening: 2.6%, 15th percentileSalt: 0%, 4th percentileCornmealshareButtermilkFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (18)

  • 100g unsalted butter100 g
  • 175g plain flour175 g
  • 300g cornmeal or fine ground polenta300 g
  • 2 tsp baking powder≈ 9 g
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda≈ 3 g
  • 1-2 tsp chipotle chilli flakes to taste≈ 7 g
  • 250ml buttermilk≈ 258 g
  • 60ml vegetable oil≈ 55 g
  • 4 tbsp honey≈ 84 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • 2 x 400g can black beans drained and rinsed400 g
  • 4 spring onions finely slicedn/a
  • 20g coriander finely chopped20 g
  • 150g feta crumbled150 g
  • 2 avocados peeled, stoned and cut into 1cm cubesn/a
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil≈ 54 g
  • 1 lime juicedn/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • grilled streaky bacon and poached eggs, to serve (optional)n/a

flour 475 gbatter 1716 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 250 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Cornmeal share63% · 80th percentile
  • Buttermilk54% · 4th percentile
  • Fat44% · 83rd percentile
  • Sugar18% · 41st percentile
  • Egg21% · 15th percentile
  • Leavening2.6% · 15th percentile
  • Salt0% · 4th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 400°F
Time
25 to 30 minutes
median 25 minutes

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