how many grams in a teaspoon of buckwheat flour?

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• How many grams in a teaspoon of buckwheat flour?
  About 2.5 g for a level teaspoon. Buckwheat's coarser grind means a heaped teaspoon (3.5-4 g) is easier to scoop accidentally than with finer flours — when a recipe specifies 'level,' run a knife across the spoon rather than tapping it down, since tapping packs the flour and pushes the weight closer to 3 g.
• When would a recipe call for buckwheat flour by the teaspoon?
  Soba-making recipes use a teaspoon or two as a bench dust to keep noodle ribbons from sticking. Some galette and blini recipes finish with a teaspoon stirred in at the end to thicken thin batter. It also turns up in small amounts in seed crackers and savory spice rubs where the malty note balances cumin or coriander.
• Can I substitute buckwheat flour for cornstarch teaspoon-for-teaspoon?
  No — buckwheat is a much weaker thickener than cornstarch and adds color and flavor that cornstarch doesn't. For thickening, use roughly three teaspoons of buckwheat flour for every one teaspoon of cornstarch, and expect a darker, slightly grainy finish. For dusting and dredging, the swap is closer to one-for-one by volume.

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