(if that is even the correct term)
the short of it:
I have a recipe from Nigella Lawson that I want to make for our supper club dinner. It yields only 8 servings, and I have 11 people in our club. So I need some sort of recipe calculator to help me scale the recipe correctly. Anyone know of any (free) online ones like this? I tried at allrecipes.com, but the recipe cannot be submitted because it isn't mine.
TIA!
2007-03-28 11:37:34 · 2 answers · asked by Linsey 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/cookingconversions.asp?Action=find
2007-03-28 12:01:16 · answer #1 · answered by Steve G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know of any online because it was drilled into my brain from years of restaurant work that you should learn this quick calculation by hand.
8 to 11 conversion:
Divide the amount of each ingredient by 8 and then multiply that number by 11. Tada!!
If you don't want to do that, realistically just do one and a half times the recipe. That will be servings for 12 which will allow your guests for seconds OR do what I do and package up that extra portion before service and have a lunch ready to go for tomorrow!
2007-03-28 18:58:27 · answer #2 · answered by Chef Rachel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋