pasta

when weighing out pasta do I do this before or after I cook it?

If you are following the serving size on the package, you measure/weigh before cooking. Regardless of the type of pasta, most 2 ounce servings (dry) of smaller pastas are more or less 1 cup cooked. But you can't "pack down" the cup. Just scoop a cup full, loosely packed. Here's a guideline to other pasta types:

Uncooked pasta of similar sizes and shapes may be interchanged in recipes if it is measured by weight, (not volume.) Just follow this guide:

Linguine, Spaghetti, or Vermicelli:
4 ounces dry = 2 to 3 cups cooked
8 ounces dry = 4 to 5 cups cooked
16 ounces dry = 8 to 9 cups cooked

Macaroni, Penne, or Rotini:
4 ounces dry = 2 1/2 cups cooked
8 ounces dry = 4 1/2 cups cooked

Fine or Medium Egg Noodles:
4 ounces dry = 2 to 3 cups cooked
8 ounces dry = 4 to 5 cups cooked

Hope this helps you. I have it printed out and taped to the inside of the cabinet door where the pasta is stored!!!

Connie

Another source (livelovelaughlearn) gives these guildelines which include volume measurements. Not sure how to do that with things like spaghetti, so I go by weight:

Type

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Uncooked

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Quantity Cooked

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Weight

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Quantity Measure
Small to Medium
Dry Pasta Shapes
(Elbow macaroni, shells,
fusilli, penne, etc.).................................2 oz. .................................1/2 Cup .................................1 Cup
Small to Medium
Dry Pasta Shapes................................. 4 oz. .................................1 Cup ....................................2 Cups
Small to Medium
Dry Pasta Shapes..................................8 oz................................... 2 Cups ..................................4 Cups
Long Dry Pasta
(Spaghetti, vermicelli,
fettuccine, etc.) .................................... 4 oz. ..................................3/4 Inch Dia. Bunch................. 2 Cups
Long Dry Pasta..................................... 8 oz. ..................................1 1/2 Inch Dia. Bunch ..............4 Cups
Fresh Egg Noodles ............................... 8 oz. ..................................(no dry measure)......................2 1/2 Cups

Connie

I prefer to weigh everything rather than use volume. So I tested today and 100 grams of dry pasta was 220 grams cooked. Makes measuring my bit of the whole pot a lot easier

Exactly - whether in ounces or in grams, the dry volume roughly doubles. But in whose world is 2 ounces of pasta enough ??? :laugh:

when weighing out pasta do I do this before or after I cook it?

If you are following the serving size on the package, you measure/weigh before cooking. Regardless of the type of pasta, most 2 ounce servings (dry) of smaller pastas are more or less 1 cup cooked. But you can't "pack down" the cup. Just scoop a cup full, loosely packed. Here's a guideline to other pasta types:

Uncooked pasta of similar sizes and shapes may be interchanged in recipes if it is measured by weight, (not volume.) Just follow this guide:

Linguine, Spaghetti, or Vermicelli:
4 ounces dry = 2 to 3 cups cooked
8 ounces dry = 4 to 5 cups cooked
16 ounces dry = 8 to 9 cups cooked

Macaroni, Penne, or Rotini:
4 ounces dry = 2 1/2 cups cooked
8 ounces dry = 4 1/2 cups cooked

Fine or Medium Egg Noodles:
4 ounces dry = 2 to 3 cups cooked
8 ounces dry = 4 to 5 cups cooked

Hope this helps you. I have it printed out and taped to the inside of the cabinet door where the pasta is stored!!!

Connie

Thank you Connie so much for posting this.

I wasn't measuring correctly and now I read that I can eat more! YAY!