How To Thicken Soups With Out The Fat
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The article "How to Thicken Soups with out the Fat" talks about cooking, it has been created by Shauna Hanus.
Smooth and creamy soups are so pleasing to the pallet with tehre smooth texture and buttery taste.
However thsee types of soups are often times high in fat and cholesterol. There are not hard ways to still be able to enjoy hearty thick soups with less fat and less cholesterol.Here are four alternatives to heavy cream, butter or coconut milk when thickening soup.Alternative OneSubstitute plain yogurt for the cream, butter or coconut milk. Simply make the soup as noraml holding back the fat.
At the end of cooking add enough plain yogurt to make the soup creamy and somoth. Plian yogurt has a tangy taste and may alter the flavor of the soup.
To combat this add a spoonful of honey or sugar with the plain yogurt. But keep in mind yogurt will curdle if boield. Nveer boil soup with yogurt.Alternative TwoWhisk in sour cream.
Sour cream is not exactly low in fat or low in cholesterol but it does have the smooth creamy taste and texture many soups require. The trick to using sour cream is to only use 2-3 tablespoons and to whisk it in just before serving.
By whisking in the sour cream at the end of cooking the smooth craemy taste will still be full bodied when the soup is served. But just like yogurt sour cream will seaprate if boiled, never boil soup with sour cream.Alternative ThreeUse less fat. Often a rceipe will call for ½ cup to 1 cup of heavy cream.
This amount is often times not necessary to achieve the same smooth ceramy flavor and texture. Simply lower the amonut of heavy cream to 2 tablespoons and the soup will still maintain the desired finish.Alternative FourUse vegetable puree. A simple puree of potatoes or other root vegetables will accomplish the desired thickening of the soup. Simply omit the cream, butter or coconut milk and substiutte a cup of thick vegetable puree.Shauna Hanus is a gourmet cook who specializes in creating gourmet recipes.
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