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What can one use to balance/neutralize too much black pepper in a (pea-)soup?

Asked by rebbel (35553points) January 20th, 2012

This evening I warmed up a tin of pea soup, but accidentally was too generous with the black pepper.
I ate it, but had I known about a method to balance/neutralize the level of pepperness, I would.
So, I ask you: In the future, what can I use to do that? other than pouring a liter of water in it to dilute it (I want the soup to remain the same consistency).

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marinelife's avatar

You might have to make a second batch of soup and mix it in. (Note: Do not pepper the second batch.)

bkcunningham's avatar

I’ve read that you can add a little lemon juice to neutralize the pepper. That and/or a slice of bread to pick up excess pepper.

Blueroses's avatar

Milk products can counteract that kind of pepper heat. Drop a dollop of sour cream into the bowl and take some of the cream with each bite, or take a sip of milk between bites of spicy soup.

DrBill's avatar

Yogurt will remove the heat of the pepper

JLeslie's avatar

I would do what @marinelife suggested, just make another tin, and store in the fridge the leftovers. It will keep for a week. However, what @Blueroses suggested should work as well, a little milk, cream, sour cream, or even a pat of butter, whichever you prefer, will cut the pepper a little.

jazmina88's avatar

what about chicken or veggie stock, it will thin it out.

Sunny2's avatar

Cooking pieces of peeled potato in the soup will help absorb too much salt. Would that work with pepper too? The potato will add texture to the soup, but you can mash it. The potato and peas will taste good together.

newtscamander's avatar

I would use some sour cream or some cream cheese :)

rebbel's avatar

Thank you all for your advice!
I will not use them as I am planning to be more careful with the pepper the next time (if, for whatever reason I do mess it up again I will try them) :-)

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