Soup Making Tips

Contributed By: LR

HELPFUL SOUP MAKING TIPS:

• Soups and stews should only simmer (NEVER BOIL) when cooking.
• Refrigerate cooked stews and soups overnight before serving. The fat will rise to the top and you can skim it off before heating and serving.
• In a hurry to skim the fat from the soup? An ice cube floated in the soup will help to congeal the fat and make it easier to remove.
• A leaf of lettuce dropped in a pot of soup absorbs the grease from the top.
• Freeze the liquids from canned mushrooms or vegetables; use it in soups or stews later.
• To remove excessive salt from soup, drop in a sliced raw potato.
• Another way to thicken your soup, take some of the cooked vegetables out of the soup and puree in the blender. Then return to the original soup mixture.

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Created on ... November 23, 2007