why is it that creamy soups, like cream of broccoli, lose their thickness after they sit for a couple minutes?

Answer 1

Are you talking about the homemade kind or the canned? If homemade..I am not sure..maybe not enough cream added..if canned condensed..try using milk instead of water to make it.

Answer 2

The ingredients probably exude moisture. What I do is add some instant potatoes to thicken the soup back up. Nobody ever knows in a cream soup.

Answer 3

They separate from the liquids because the base of cream hardens, I like to use flour as a thickener.