Leek and asparagus soup too watery
just finished making leek and asparagus soup and after pureeing, it seems too watery/thin and the flavor is muted. Any suggestions on how to recover? I may have added too much broth.
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just finished making leek and asparagus soup and after pureeing, it seems too watery/thin and the flavor is muted. Any suggestions on how to recover? I may have added too much broth.
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If you're looking to just thicken in, there are options:
Rice; ladle some of the soup into a pot and cook some rice in it (ratios and timing not important since it will be pureed anyway).
Bread (preferably old bread); just heat the soup a little and add a couple handfuls of torn bread in. Kill the heat and let it soften for about 10 minutes, then puree. *Toasting the bread first will impart nice flavor.
A roux; cooked separately in a pan and tempered with a couple ladles of hot soup, whisking constantly, then added to the soup.
Liaison (mixture of egg yolks and cream), tempered with some hot soup and stirred in. This will only thicken it slightly, but the flavor and mouthfeel it adds is great.