What Weight Of Dried Pasta Would Be Needed For Three Hearty Portions

[sandyRoe]

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[rockyracoon]

I use 500g for 3 hearty portions plus a bit left over for lunch the next day. They are very hearty, though.

[dannyk13]

Without the need to weigh, pasta usually doubles in size when cooked.

[Mamyalynne]

Carluccio says...

//How much pasta?
For small portions, for a starter, allow 50g dried or 90g fresh pasta per person. For normal portions, for a lunch with a salad, say, cook 70-80g dried or 100-110g fresh pasta per person. Everything depends, of course, on the quality and the shape of the pasta, and on appetite.//

[ummmm]

Depends what you consider hearty.

When I look at portion recommendations I wonder how it's suppose to fill a grown up.

I would probably cook the whole pack. If you put any left overs into cold water you can reuse it.

[ummmm]

Danny - Pasta doesn't double in size.

[dannyk13]

Yes it does.

[dannyk13]

http://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Dry-Pasta

[Berniecuddles2]

pasta when cooked becomes plumper

[sandyRoe]

This is a 500g packet of dried whole wheat fusilli. I'll use 3/4 of the packet and if there's any left over it can be the base of a salad tomorrow.
Thank you all for your answers.

[Mamyalynne]

If it actually doubled in size, your family sized lasagne could reach into next doors kitchen.

[Islay]

It doubles in weight not size and the reason it doubles in weight is because of water absorption.

[Old_Geezer]

How hearty is hearty ? The packet suggests 75 gms each. I often use 100 gms. One could use more if desired/hungry. Maybe go for 3 lots of 150 gms (450 gms) ?

[Cloverjo]

I use about 100 grams per person.

[woofgang]

I chuck a bit in the boiling salted water, peer into the pot and chuck a bit more in.

[diddlydo]

That'll be 3 on-the-road-to-obesity portions. I would only use 60g per person.

[woofgang]

be judgemental why don't you?

[diddlydo]

Woofgang - that wasn't being judgmental. It was purely to stop someone cooking too much.

[woofgang]

IMO "on the road to obesity" takes it out of the helpful and puts it squarely into the judgemental

[gingejbee]

...but they won't be cooking "too much"....they're using what's not used the following day.....

[ummmm]

Not everyone overeats!