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Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Ken Rubin - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

This event was on Tuesday, August 08, 2023 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern

Join Chef Ken Rubin in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to cours… Read More.

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Question:

When a recipe calls for 2 cups of nuts soaked overnight, do you mesure the nuts before or after soaking?

— Lilly Boulianne

Answer:

Typically you're gonna measure those nuts dry and then you're gonna just add whatever soaking liquid. And those are gonna swell and you'll likely have probably closer to two and a half, maybe even three cups, um, in the case of like soaking almonds or something like that afterwards. So if it calls for two cups, I would just start with that. It's gonna give you a pretty good approximation. If you find that in your recipe it's too much. You might go back and just make a note and say, Hey, two cups of dry a little bit too much. Next time I make it, I'm gonna do a cup and a half or cup in two thirds or whatever. And that way, you know, um, the next time you make it, you have the proper quantity. Um, but I wouldn't, I wouldn't sweat it. I would just start with two cups and then, uh, just kind of see how it works.
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