salty tuna

vickiem30

I'm trying to economise and on Sunday bought value tuna in brine which I have just dumped into a pesto and vegetable sauce. It's so salty, it's sucking all the water out of me!

Is there anything I can do to rescue it?


Thanks in advance.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

hope you drained it first.

You could add lemon juice.

valk_scot

Got anything like marascapone cheese or Philadelphia in the fridge?

Otherwise, don't salt your pasta when you cook it. It should balance out okay then.

vickiem30

Hi

I drained it, but I think I should have rinsed it under the tap, or bought tuna in oil!

Thanks the the ideas; I'll give them both a try. Lemon juice sounds nice, it may become a regular feature in my pasta.

I've not got any soft cheese, but I think I'll pop out and get some, soft cheese and pesto sounds really nice. Thanks for the idea.

gibson123

Peel a raw potato and pop it in the sauce, then lift it out after 10 minutes, that should take out some salt.

Soworried

gibson123 wrote: »

Peel a raw potato and pop it in the sauce, then lift it out after 10 minutes, that should take out some salt.

This is what I would try. Potato soaks up salt for some reason.

vickiem30

Hi

I used a potato to soak up the salt and added lemon to two portions and soft cheese to the other two, Result being, salty food saved from the bin and two nice variations of my usual tuna with veg pesto!

Thanks for all your help; it's very much appreciated.

zippychick

Glad it worked out

Ill merge this with our "dish too salty thread" later

Zip