The Kitchen

We've received some questions about how to easily measure the bulk-packed light pasta mentioned in our last post. While our standard light pasta comes in handy 8-oz boxes, this pasta comes in a giant 20 lb box which at first glance is a bit tricky to deal with.

Fortunately, there's a very simple way to measure out exactly how much pasta you need before cooking it, without even resorting to a scale. All you need is a standard baking measuring cup, like the one shown in the picture below. The rule of thumb is that every ounce of pasta will show up as two ounces in a standard measuring cup (basically because water is twice as dense as pasta). So if you'd like 8 ounces of pasta, simply fill the cup to the 16 ounce line, as in the picture below.

For 2 ounces go to the 4 ounce line, 4 ounces is the 8 ounce line, and so forth. The same would apply to other measuring cups or spoons if you don't have one exactly like the one below. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions, and bon apetit!