Spaghetti Sauce Too Sweet

[kuulteach]

made a sauce using fresh tomatoes .... taste too sweet ... what can i add to the sauce too reduce sweetness ?

[gingejbee]

Wine vinegar.....

[Cloverjo]

Worcestershire sauce and/or Marmite.

[ummmm]

Salt.

[gingejbee]

If no wine vinegar...lemon juice. Two things that I often include in pasta sauces....

[sanmac]

Gingejbee beat me to it, but I use balsamic vinegar. Depends upon how much sauce you are cooking. Add a few drops at a time, stir well and taste, and repeat if necessary.

[dannyk13]

Small amount of chilli powder.

[gingejbee]

Having just googled this problem, another widely praised solution is to add.......cocoa powder.

[dannyk13]

Never tried it myself but some people add dark chocolate to spaghetti sauce.That would lower the sweetness.

[gingejbee]

Yes, I always add cocoa or dark chocolate to my homemade chilli...it's the Mexican way!

[HansUrbancka]

Red Wine of course. Then simmer a while to the thickness you require.

Hans.

[kuulteach]

thanks all in the back of my mind was balsamic will go wth that