On Tue, 28 May 2013 21:31:08 -0500, Pringles CheezUms
> wrote:

>I've got a pretty decent spaghetti sauce that I'm on project to turn
>into fantastic spaghetti sauce.
>It has one raw onion and a tbs of brown sugar.
>What effect will carmelizing the onion add? Would that be sweet enuf to
>allow me to leave out the brown sugar?

My personal feeling is that you don't really want to caramelize the
onion. (or use brown sugar) That would be a wrong flavor for me. I
would sweat the onion before adding any other ingredients. Sweating
an onion takes away the harsh flavors and sweetens it somewhat. Often
you will see a recipe for spaghetti sauce that calls for a
teaspoon/tablespoon of white sugar or others will call for some finely
minced carrot. The goal is to take away the nasty sharp edge from
poor and sour tomatoes. I would look for some really good tomatoes
and try sweating the onion,.
Just my opinion.
Janet US