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Cheese, chorizo & tomato scone loaf

Cassie Best · bbcgoodfood.com · 2023 · 8

Against 660 scone recipes

No sugar, unlike 91% of recipes and more leavening than 91%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • No sugar at all, where 91% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 30% of the flour weight).
  • More leavening than 91% of recipes: 6.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
  • No salt at all, where 86% of recipes use some (most of those 0.6 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
Butter: 24%, 30th percentileLiquid: 52%, 51st percentileSugar: 0%, 4th percentileEgg: 14%, 48th percentileLeavening: 6.3%, 93rd percentileSalt: 0%, 7th percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 350g self-raising flour plus extra for dusting350 g
  • 1 tsp baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 85g cold unsalted butter cut into small cubes85 g
  • 100g mature cheddar grated100 g
  • 100g sun-dried tomatoes (drained weight), roughly chopped100 g
  • 100g chorizo finely chopped100 g
  • 4 spring onions finely slicedn/a
  • 175ml-200ml milk≈ 181 g
  • 1 egg beaten≈ 50 g

flour 350 gbatter 970 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 660 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median. Leavening includes the baking powder in the self-rising flour, counted as 5% of its weight.

  • Butter24% · 30th percentile
  • Liquid52% · 51st percentile
  • Sugar0% · 4th percentile
  • Egg14% · 48th percentile
  • Leavening6.3% · 93rd percentile
  • Salt0% · 7th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 400°F
Time
25 to 30 minutes
median 16 minutes

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