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Sometimes you will need to thicken your spaghetti sauce, whether you make it yourself with your own ingredients or buy it canned at the grocery store. There are many ways to thicken a spaghetti sauce, but one of them will change the flavor or texture of a dish. The ingredients, processing time and flavor you want to achieve will determine how thickened the sauce you want to make. The following guide will help you thicken your spaghetti sauce.

Steps

Method 1 of 2: How to Thicken Sauces without Changing Flavor

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   Reduce the amount of water by boiling or cooking over low heat. Dimming is the most natural and simple way to thicken a spaghetti sauce. Here's how:
   • Boil your ketchup and slowly lower the heat, simmering without the lid to achieve the desired consistency. Turn over the fever often to avoid burning. This will help to evaporate the excess water and thicken the sauce.
   • This won't change the flavor of the sauce, but it will take longer, depending on how much water you want to evaporate.

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   Add cornstarch to spaghetti sauce. The cornstarch mixture has no taste, so it will not change the flavor /, however it will likely change the consistency of the sauce, making the sauce smooth and shiny.
   • Use the same amount of water and cornstarch, mix them and pour into the sauce. Only pour in a small amount first. Cornstarch has a high consistency, so you only need a large spoonful or less for a large pot of spaghetti sauce.

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   Make the Roux mixture and add it to the sauce. Melt the butter and mix with the flour to create a roux. People use this method in France to thicken sauce. In fact, the roux is the reason why the alfredo cream sauce is so thick!
   • After making the roux and adding little by little to the spaghetti sauce, you should cook the sauce for at least 30 minutes otherwise you will have to taste the mixture with dough in it. You can also cook the roux before adding it to your spaghetti sauce, as this will help remove any dough from the mixture.
   • Even if cooked further, the roux will change the flavor of the sauce, even if only slightly.

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   Use breadcrumbs. Like roux, breadcrumbs are a great way to thicken a sauce because its main ingredient is the flour. You may taste a little leftover crumbs though, which are like part of the sauce; You will definitely feel the consistency of the dish over its taste.

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   Add in mashed potatoes. Peel, boil and mash potatoes, then add butter and milk or whipped cream as desired, and stir the mixture with the sauce. The sauce will become a little sweeter, but the main effect will still be to thicken the sauce. It will also add more to the sauce.

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   Complete the sauce cooking by letting it cook on its own. Cook the pasta until it is almost done (the noodles are not fully cooked). Drain the water from the noodles and put the noodles in a pot of sauce. Finally let the noodles cook on their own in the sauce for a minute or two. The flour in the pasta will help thicken the sauce. And you have to make sure that the sauce and noodles are mixed well. advertisement

Method 2 of 2: Condensing Sauces with Enhanced Flavor

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   Add more concentrated tomato sauce. It's best to add the concentrated sauce from the start, so the flavor of the seasoning will ease the flavor of the concentrated sauce. You can also add ketchup later if you need a thick, quick sauce.

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   Add grated Parmesan or Romano cheese to thicken the sauce. Grating or cutting cheese into small pieces will help thicken the sauce faster. The cheese will slightly change the flavor of the sauce.
   • Cheeses like Parmesan or Romano are usually more salty than others, so be careful when adding salt to the sauce.

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   Add fat cream to make tomato cream sauce. It will thicken the sauce and completely change the flavor and texture of the spaghetti sauce.

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   Add vegetables to your sauce. Vegetables make your sauce more rich and rich, besides they also add to the nutritional value of the dish.
   • It is known that traditional Italian cooking is to add chopped carrots in the sauce, but usually must be cooked until the carrots are soft and fluffy. This will also help reduce the acidity of the sauce.
   • You can make thick soup from onion and pepper or sauté them to thicken the sauce, but the taste will change.
   • Add in the sauce different chopped mushrooms will make the sauce more plump and taste better.
   • Chopped eggplant is also very effective in thickening a sauce. Be sure to remove the outer shell before chopping it up.

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   Stir yellow beef or salami, chopped and add to sauce. The delicious flavors of meat and tomatoes blend when the spaghetti sauce is cooked well. advertisement

Warning

• Wheat broth does not have the effect of thickening the sauce.