How to boil away water from a sauce without it splashing?
When "slow cooking" a certain recipe, I need to keep a lid on the pot, or the sauce slowly but surely splashes all over the place.
However, with the lid on, the sauce retains much more water than I like.
How can I boil away the excess water, or otherwise make the sauce less watery, without incurring significant extra cleaning?
Best Answer
If, when reducing a sauce, you are getting splashing outside the pot, your pot may be too small for the application. Use a larger pot: a wider base will allow more surface area for evaporation, and higher sides will make it harder for the content to get out.
You can also purchase a splatter guard, which is like a flat sieve or mesh that you can place over the top of the pot to reduce splatter without blocking air flow
although these are more typically used to reduce the splatter from frying.
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Partially cover your pot with its lid. To keep the lid partially open, you can put a wooden-spoon, or other non-metallic utensil is the pot so the lid rests on it. Show activity on this post. You can also partially put the lid on so it covers the top but allows the steam to escape.How do you stop boiling water from splashing?
There are a few common techniques:How do you boil water without spilling over?
It's simple, but can help postpone a surprise stovetop mess in the heat of the moment. All you need is your trusty wooden mixing spoon. If you lay a wooden spoon across the top of the pot of boiling water, the water will not boil over.How do you remove excess water from sauce?
Yoghurt: Yoghurt is the best ingredient to get rid of excess water and can also be used as a cream substitute. This is another most common thickening agent used in India as well as Italy. Add little yoghurt at a time and keep stirring. You can use yoghurt and tomato puree depending on what is your sauce base.This Secret Trick Will Stop Splattering Oil Forever
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Partially cover your pot with its lid. To keep the lid partially open, you can put a wooden-spoon, or other non-metallic utensil is the pot so the lid rests on it.
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Answer 3
You can also partially put the lid on so it covers the top but allows the steam to escape. If the splatter is violent, turn the heat down a bit so the bubbles are less energetic, but still present.
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