I made a tomatoe sauce that is too salty-is there any way to fix the problem?

Question

I tried to add more to the sauce. I also tried adding some water from the pasta to thin out the sauce. No such luck. Any suggestions at all??

Answer 1

The flavor of lemon often mutes salt, so if it’s not too, too salty, you could add a little lemon juice, bit by bit, and taste to see if that relieves the problem without adding enough to make your sauce taste lemony.

Another trick is to add a skinned quartered potato or two to a sauce or stew and let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes before removing the potato. It will absorb some of the liquid and seasoning, cutting the salt, and you may want to replace the liquid you removed, as well, thereby diluting the salt further.

The more drastic solution, of course, is to increase the volume of most or all of the other ingredients to catch up to the amount of salt present.

Answer 2

I agree with Cheffy on this one, the potato can't possibly absorb all the excess salt. If you are not up to doubling your recipe minus the salt, add a 29 oz.can of crushed tomatoes, it will add the bulk you need to lighten the saltiness and not thin down your sauce. If you add salt to your pasta water, which you should, don't use that either, you'll be adding additional salt. Good luck.

Answer 3

Acid. crono121 is wrong! The best way to fix something salty is to add something acidic. The best chef I ever worked with taught me to add a drop or two of balsamic vinegar. You could also try red wine vinegar, sherry vinegar, maybe a couple drops of lemon juice, etc. Making an unsalted version and adding it to your salty sauce is just gonna leave you with a large amount of sauce, probably more than you know what to do with. Good luck

Answer 4

Cut up a potato into lage chunks [ 4 - 8 ] big enough to fish out at the end.
Simmer gently on low heat about 30". It will absorb the salt taste.
Never add more water to 'de-season' a sauce - it usually makes it worse.

Answer 5

The potato thing is a myth, all you end up with is a salty sauce with potatoes in it. My suggestion is to make another batch of sauce without salt and combine the two.

Answer 6

Try putting a peeled potato in it. I heard it works for things that are to salty. Don't know why, but it does.

Answer 7

Add more chopped tomatoes to it and some spice like chilli and black pepper.
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Answer 8

cook a diced potatoe in the sauce, then remove before serving

Answer 9

Add a ffew pinches of sugar.

Answer 10

add a little sugar, I always add it to make mine to make it sweeter.