So we made a big batch of speghetti sauce last night in the slow cooker and it turned out really well but a tad too much chili peppers was added and even while eating it last night we thought it was too spicy. I know that the longer food sits the spicier it gets so before I freeze the leftovers I was wondering if there is anything that can be done to the batch to help calm it down.
Does anyone have a trick for this? My MIL said the only thing she knows of to combat spicyness is to add potatoes but that isnt really possible with speghetti sauce
Thanks in advance
I would double the batch minus the spices. It will dissipate in a larger batch. Then you can freeze two batches. Or just add a little bit of milk and another can or two of the tomato sauce/paste.
We usually add a bit of sugar to spicy stuff and that helps. Otherwise just make a small batch without peppers and then mix them together.
Try adding some tomatos or tomato paste and water. That might help to calm it down a bit. I would mark the containers for the freezer as spicy just in case.
** Sugar will take away the acidity not the spiciness. **
Fat and dairy will "cool" too much heat. Some tomato sauces like Bolognese contain milk, others contain butter. I would try adding one of those to a small amount of your sauce and see if that helps. Don't use skim milk here, whole would be best.
I would probably turn it into a creamy cheesy sauce by reheating it, then adding ricotta cheese, or maybe mozzarella or parmesan. Or both. Or all of the above! Alfredo would be good, too. Good luck! :-)
I add sugar or honey.
If it were me, I would get rid of some of it, take the rest and dilute it to kind of "spread out" the spiciness. Good luck!
I would just freeze it as is and when you heat it up add cream cheese. It will make like an orange sauce but really good!
Put it back into the pot and add a big can of chopped tomatoes and a big can of tomato sauce. Add 1 tablespoon each of oregano, basil, parsley, garlic, and two big tablespoons of sugar. That ought to do it. If it's still too spicy, just keep adding tomatos and sauce until it's palatable.
Potatoes soak up salt, but it's unlikely they'll help with the spicy.
I heard somewhere that sugar can help calm it down.....
Well, im Italian and never heard of chili peppers in spaghetti sauce, but whatever floats your boat. Do you mean red pepper? I agree with adding more tomato sauce to calm down the spice, OR, put in cut up potatoes, cook for a few hours, then take the potatoes out. They will soak up some of the spices, like you MIL said.
Add some ricotta cheese to it. It will cool the spiciness.
I would try vinegar or something acidic. Chili peppers have capsaicin which makes them hot. Since capsaicin is alkaline, you could add something acidic to neutralize it. Good luck!!
Well, I'm not sure if it would help in your situation but my BIL puts just a teensy bit of brown sugar in his spaghetti sauce. Spaghetti sauce is too spicy for his sensitive stomach, but he loves spaghetti. So his doctor recommended adding a little brown sugar to it. It works for him, and it really doesn't taste that bad (And trust me, I'm a VERY picky eater). But I'm not sure if the brown sugar helps more with just calming his stomach or with the flavor as well.
Add a can or two of plain diced tomatoes (or the Italian style ones, or the garlic on onion ones) or some tomato sauce or tomato paste or a combination
Add more mushrooms and veggies
Add cheese
dairy is the only thing that combats the spice from peppers.
Use sour cream - you will turn it into a cream sauce.
OR - double the batch and don't spice the 2nd batch at all. Then freeze what you won't eat for next time.
i have heard my SIL say that she adds a tad bit of sugar when it is that way but i've never tried it myself!
