too much salt

[grange]

I made a load of bolognaise sauce today----3 grand children coming for lunch tomorrow and rest for freezer---- but I must have put too much salt in it. Is there anything I can do to rescue it? Thankyou!

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.ehow.com/h...-sauce-much-salt.html

[nungate]

When my mum oversalted soup she used to put in a raw potato and cook it with the soup it might help in your bolognese sauce. I have tried this in soup and in a casserole it worked to a certain extent. I suppose the alternative would be to dilute the salt by adding more of the other ingredients, maybe some passata or chopped tomatoes or even some water

[EcclesCake]

Top up with a bit of water and add an uncooked spud. Simmer away adding a touch of sugar if reqd.

[woofgang]

take the spud out, it absorbs the salt. You can keep tasting and adding another one or add more than one at once, don't cook the spud till it collapses or you wont be able to lift it out.

[grange]

Thanks everyone. A large potato has cured the problem!!

[Brinjal]

Can also put a drop of vinegar it kills salt.

[woofgang]

But it is still in there, brinjal, which isn't very healthy

[HowardKennitby]

Just for reference does the spud need to be peeled?

[nungate]

Yes it does Howard - rember to take it out before it goes all mushy otherwise it's impossible

[SpikeyBush]

Sounds like a lot of buggering about. I'd put it in my brown bin that has four legs and goes 'woof' and start again. Myther of work puts my blood pressure high enough already without a heap of salt making it worse.

[HowardKennitby]

This whole thread has just reminded me of an incident from my student days. One of my flatmates was wanting to impress a woman so decided to cook a meal to which we were also invited.
That evening he was busy in the kitchen and all seemed well. Then he came out, had a quiet whisper to the one of us who could cook slightly and they both went into the kitchen. Much whispering followed.
He had chosen some form of curry for the meal and had inadvertently used Tbs instead of Tsp for the salt.
Somehow or other it was made edible but we all went to the pub afterwards and drank quite a lot of beer.

[Georgiesmum]

Oops!