Fix Acidic Tomato Sauce With A Clever Carrot Trick

If you enjoy making tomato sauce at home but often wind up with an overly acidic sauce, simply add some finely minced or shredded carrots into the mix to add natural sweetness.

Start with 1/4 or 1/3 a cup, tasting and adding more if needed as you go. Add carrots to the sauce early enough in the process so they have plenty of time to cook down.

You can mix the carrots in with your tomatoes and sauteed garlic and onions and let them cook down with all other ingredients until your sauce is well balanced.

Alternatively, if you're not a fan of the root veg, you can even get away with adding whole carrots to the sauce, allowing them to simmer and lend their sweetness to the mix.

Then fish out and discard the whole carrot before serving. You can use any type of carrots, including baby carrots; peeling the carrots is optional, too.