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Tomato sauce help
« on: December 30, 2012, 02:26:43 PM »
I put my Christmas gift to use (a food mill) and I'm making a big pot of sauce from all the frozen tomatoes from the garden.
I have it cooked down and it has a bite to it. I have added some sugar but I don't want to add any more. What can I do to get rid of that before I jar it up? It has been cooking to whole time with a whole onion in the pot. (I remember my grandmother doing this)
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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 02:33:45 PM »

Does your food mill puree everything to mush of just chunk stuff up?
The seeds can have a bitter taste to them if you milled them up.
Spoon off a cup and try seasoning that to taste and keep track of your ratios.
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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2012, 02:46:14 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on December 30, 2012, 02:33:45 PM
Does your food mill puree everything to mush of just chunk stuff up?
The seeds can have a bitter taste to them if you milled them up.
Spoon off a cup and try seasoning that to taste and keep track of your ratios.
Nope food mill separated the seeds and skins. Those did not go into the sauce.
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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2012, 03:30:14 PM »
I added some grated carrots, that seems to have done the trick.
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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2012, 03:44:22 PM »
Back up a bit.  
What are you trying to do, put the tomatoes up in canning jars?  Do you have a pressure canner or doing a boiling water bath?

You can get rid of some of the tartness with a pinch of baking soda, but it is not safe to do that before you can it unless you use a pressure canner @ 10+ PSI of saturated steam.  You can add a pinch of soda when you actually use the canned tomatoes.
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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2012, 03:59:53 PM »
Also, tomatoes will mellow after a 24 hour or so rest from the cooking process. One reason lasagna and other such dishes taste better the next day.
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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2012, 04:15:06 PM »
Yes I'm canning using a pressure cooker.
I added some grated carrots and that seemed to do the trick.
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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2012, 04:30:13 PM »
Quote from: never_retreat on December 30, 2012, 04:15:06 PM
Yes I'm canning using a pressure cooker.
I added some grated carrots and that seemed to do the trick.


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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2012, 06:50:01 PM »
mushrooms will work to sweeten a sauce
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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2012, 07:34:41 PM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on December 30, 2012, 06:50:01 PM
mushrooms will work to sweeten a sauce
Yep and the sauce will suck after they are added.































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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2012, 07:44:01 PM »
Was going to suggest the carrots. We canned some tomato sauce a couple years ago, it ended up super acidic. It takes a lot of sugar and/or carrots.

We've also gone so far as to mix in some baking soda to nullify the acid, this actually works pretty well if you're not on a sodium restricted diet, and you don't mind the somewhat "fluffy" texture that can result with some sauces.
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Re: Tomato sauce help
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2013, 01:56:58 AM »
Quote from: never_retreat on December 30, 2012, 07:34:41 PM
Yep and the sauce will suck after they are added.































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