Cornbread Topped Chilli Con Carne
Nigella · nigella.com · Serves: up to 20
Against 250 cornbread recipes
More cornmeal share than 97% of recipes and more buttermilk than 98%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 250 cornbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More cornmeal share than 97% of recipes: 95% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 53%.
- More buttermilk than 98% of recipes: 185% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 93%, about twice as much.
- Less sugar than 90% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 21%, under a third as much.
- Less fat than 85% of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 29%, about half as much.
Ingredients (31)
- 4 onionsn/a
- 4 x 400 grams cans of chopped tomatoes400 g
- 8 tablespoons tomato ketchup≈ 119 g
- 8 tablespoons tomato puree≈ 119 g
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder≈ 11 g
- 2 x 400 grams cans of kidney beans (drained)400 g
- 2 cloves garlicn/a
- 4 tablespoons olive oil≈ 54 g
- 2 teaspoons dried chilli flakes (or to taste)≈ 10 g
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander≈ 10 g
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin≈ 10 g
- 5 cardamom pods (bruised)n/a
- 2 red peppersn/a
- 1½ kilograms minced beef1500 g
- 1½ teaspoons Maldon sea salt flakes≈ 3.8 g
- 650 grams cornmeal650 g
- 4 tablespoons plain flour≈ 31 g
- 6 teaspoons baking powder≈ 28 g
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 5 g
- 750 millilitres buttermilk≈ 774 g
- 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
- 2 teaspoons honey≈ 14 g
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil≈ 54 g
- 150 grams coarsely grated Cheddar cheese150 g
- 4 ripe avocadosn/a
- 4 spring onionsn/a
- juice of 2 limesn/a
- 4 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander≈ 59 g
- 500 millilitres sour cream≈ 486 g
- 350 grams grated Cheddar cheese350 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- paprika to dust overn/a
flour 681 gbatter 5437 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 share95% · 97th percentile · median 53%
- Buttermilk185% · 99th percentile · median 93%
- Fat16% · 14th percentile · median 29%
- Sugar2.1% · 9th percentile · median 21%
- Egg29% · 34th percentile · median 34%
- Leavening4.1% · 49th percentile · median 4.1%
- Salt0.6% · 16th percentile · median 1.3%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 25 minutes
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