Well Jamie Oliver's book "The Nuclear Chef" says a cup & half but then you have to rip six different kinds of herb apart with your bare hands to garnish. Whereas Delia in her book "Quantum Physics - You Can't Use Too Much Butter & Eggs" says about 8 along with 6 melted cadbury's dairy milk bars. And finally Ainsley Harriott says "Moon? ooer missus I'm not flashing my bum on telly. What? It'd look zany? Oh go on then."