Hi All
I have just made some broccoli and stilton soup, however, used some vegetable bouillion that i forgot was incredibly salty (now thrown away!!)
The soup itself is nice, just dreadfully salty. Does anyone have any tips? Its all already blended down.
Thanks in advance!
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Advice Please!! Soup too Salty!
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add some potatoes
http://email.about.com/b/2007/01/16/junk-out-how-to-remove-excess-salt-from-soups-and-proverbial-soups.htmPosted 3 years ago by Stubbys Momma in MO #
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Pika, I have only tried this once but it is what I found on The Food Network one day...
Take raw potatoes and cut it into pieces big enough for your to find later. Put them in the soup and cook them. They will soak up some of the salt and then you can remove and discard them (of keep them to use later).
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I often add fresh squeezed lemon juice, and if it's really salty, I throw a chunk of lemon in, keeping the soup on low heat.
Posted 3 years ago by 12PAWZinFL #
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Pika, I'm just now finding this. The potatoes should work. But don't add them to the soup. Fish them out when they are tender and throw them away because they will probably be too salty.
Posted 3 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Pika, I would do two things - one is half the soup, then thin it with Non-sodium vegetable stock, and then add potatoes to both halfs (throw them out afterwards). You will end up with twice as much, but it will solve the salty problem. Stilton is by nature, a very salty blue, so that could be some of the problem. You could also add some cream to dilute the salty taste. Then, find someone to give the other half to, or freeze it. I find soups freeze extremely well! :)......
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Mr. WWM calls me the "Sodium Nazi" because I watch sodium intake like a hawk. Not because I am hypertensive, but because I hate jumping onto the bathroom scales the day after eating something salty and seeing two extra pounds. Even though I know it's just water weight, I don't like it. But, because I love to cook, and I love good food, I don't want a lot of sodium masking beautiful flavors. Which is why I avoid prepared stocks. I'd much rather make my own.
Americans eat an astounding amount of sodium and sometimes people aren't even aware of just how much sodium they are consuming. They think if they don't use the salt shaker, they aren't taking in too much sodium. So wrong! Just look at the cans in your pantry, soups are one of the biggest culprits. Condiments, cereals, any processed meat, virtually everything is loaded with sodium. No wonder Americans are overweight and hypertensive!
It takes longer to go through the grocery store when you read labels. But you'll be lots healthier and the true flavors of good food will be more noticeable.
End of nursing lecture!
Posted 3 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Pika, you can make a nice vegetable stock by cleaning out your refrigerator and throwing whatever you happen to have. Onions, carrots, celery, garlic, cabbage, tomatoes - anything, really. What I do when I make stock is I make a big pot and then put it into ziplock quart bags and freeze it. That way it's always on hand when you need it.
I use both low sodium and no sodium "salt". And for somethings I do use Kosher salt because you just have to.
We all need sodium but too much is a bad thing.
Posted 3 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Pika, What WWM mentioned above for the stock base is great. Also those tough stems from asparagus and broccoli, add flavor too. I just started using lavender herb (McCormick's), for added zest. It doesn't take much, and adds an extra zip to your stock. And just because..... I throw a bit of Kosher salt in. Found in my area, Morton's to be the least expensive.
Posted 3 years ago by 12PAWZinFL #
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ditto and ditto.... and I always throw in a handful of fresh herbs - thyme, rosemary, to simmer, then fish the stalks out once I'm done. One more "cool" trick I saw on some show. To freeze liquids - use "freezer" type zip lock bags, and pour the liquid into it. Then put the bag with the liquid in a soup size bowl and freeze. I do anywhere from 4 to 8 at a time. Once they are frozen, remove the bows, and the liquid remains frozen in that shape until you're ready to use. It's convenient, and they stack well in a freezer. Then to use, just pop back in a bowl and nuke until thawed!!
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Kosher salt is coarser, Pika. So you tend to use less of it than the salt out of the round blue box. They say that sea salt is the healthiest but it's also pretty pricey.
Rock salt is the very coarse salt like you would use to freeze ice cream.
Posted 3 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Making your own will save $$$$, too! These days that's a definite plus!
Posted 3 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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One more trick of mine with soups ---- (I could spend all day on this thread)---- instead of making creamed soups with real cream (calories, cholosterol - yuck!! ) make the base with chicken or vegatable stock, and then stir in a tablespoon or two (which in a whole soup isn't much) of marscpone cheese. This is an italian cream type cheese, but lower in fat than real cream cheese, and you use much less than real cream. It gives the soup a rich creamy flavor, without all the heavy cream, and it's yummmy!!!!! My favorite is asparagus soup, I posted this receipe here a few weeks back, and it's easy.
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