Save my soup! Soup problems thread.

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Hi craftdaft.

I'll sort the title out for you now.

If you add some double cream it should calm the heat down a bit. If you don't have double cream, try some milk but it will also thin the soup. Yoghurt and sour cream also work well. It will depend what type of soup you've made but tinned tomatoes are great for padding soup out and reducing the spice levels too.

There are more suggestions on this thread:

Save my soup!

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the ideas together.

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beautiful_ravens

I agree with the sugar idea. But decant a little soup out and check with a little bit of sugar first.
Sugar worked when I made a too-spicy salad dressing.

Sian_the_Green

I think pop it back in a pan and cook it up with no lid until it reduces

Either that or a tbsp of cornflour, mixed with a little water and heated through

Or lentils...

HTH

Mummy_Jo

I put pearl barley in mine. It Always thickens on standing too.

Hope you get it sorted

Butterfly_Brain

I would use cornflour and water too

Grebe

Stick the sweet potato in and simmer without a lid till the s/potato is cooked then blitz again, the s/potato will thicken it as will the longer cooking time. Without the lid will let some of the excess wateryness evaporate off.

aliadds

I'd probably add some rice or pasta!

zippychick

Hi Laura (from another Laura)

I would probably throw in lentils being my choice - but other veg, beurre manie , instant mash, normal mash, or a cornflour paste should also do the job.

There is a thread which can help

Please help me thicken my soup

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep all the suggestions together

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BMWM3CLS

cornflour and good old H20 will thicken it up abit

Bogof_Babe

I leave mine overnight, and by morning the excess water has separated and there is an inch of clear water floating on the top of the soup. This can either be carefully poured away, or I use a turkey baster to suck it out. Then stir up the remaining soup before re-heating, to ensure the "thickness" is evenly distributed.

(If you wanted to eat it tonight, the separation process starts in an hour or so, so you could drain a bit of the surplus water off anyway.)