Canning cream sauces

by Phil Kennard
(Whitesville NY.)

Is it ok to can my home made potato soup and Alfredo sauce?
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Answer:
Hi Phil

Unfortunately the USDA states: "Do not add noodles or other pasta, rice, flour, cream, milk or other thickening agents to home canned soups"

Since I assume your potato soup or alfredo sauce will have cream or milk and be thickened I can't recommend it as safe.

However what you can do with the potato soup anyway is go ahead and can it without the dairy and then just add cream or whatever when you cook it to eat it.

Sharon

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Canning cream sauces

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Putting up Potato Soup for Storage
by: Anonymous

I myself have dried potatoes for potato soup and celery and onions--I just have to reconstitute them and add powdered milk or canned milk--whatever u have and butter and salt and pepper--whatever u use normally..

canned milk?
by: Anonymous

How can they can evaporated milk?

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Sharon answers:

This is another case of a commercial product that is prepared in completely different circumstances than in a home kitchen. I can only assume that they have specialized equipment that will do the job.

How do the big boys do it?
by: Eric

Really wish I could find info on exactly how cream sauces and pesto are commercially packaged.

Canning Milk
by: Anonymous

They are not heated in the cans as home canned products would be. The cans are pre-sterilized and then sterile cream sauce is added to the can and sealed in a sanitary environment. UV lights or other sterilizing methods are often used to keep the area sterile. The product can not be canned in the jar because it is too thick and therefore even heating can not be guaranteed.

Canning Potato Soup - bad idea
by: micki

I recently had an overabundance of potatoes and ham. Since I love potato soup I figured I would try canning some to deal with the extras. Being new to canning I decided to research first. After several hours spent reading the same basic information I decided not to risk it.

Recent studies have said that canning any milk based product makes it a breeding ground for botulism. So basically home canning my soup would just be canning poison for my family.

Taking risks is always a personal decision but in this case I really wouldn't advise it.

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