On 5/29/2013 2:01 PM, Helpful person wrote:
> On May 29, 1:19 pm, Ema Nymton > wrote:
>> On 5/28/2013 9:31 PM, 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?
>>
>> Dice some carrots and saute those along with the chopped onion and
>> garlic, carrots usually sweeten your sauce enough that you do not have
>> to use sugar. Sometimes a pinch of sugar helps disguise the canned
>> tomato flavor from tinned sauces.
>>
>> Becca
>
> Why on earth would you want to make the sauce sweet?

Not necessarily sweet, but less sour. Most canned tomato products have
citric acid added to ensure the pH is low enough to be safe. As a
result, sauces made with the canned product may taste more sour than
one prefers. A touch of sweetener can help correct that, as can a
goodly amount of sweet basil and/or crushed fennel seed.