It adds a natural sweetness to acidic tomatoes.
Carrots aren’t even the hundredth thing.
I would put a carrot in my cereal if she told me to.
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The theory is that the carrot sweetens tomato sauce just as well as sugaror better.
Plus, as a kid, I hatedcooked carrots.
In no universe would these two foods ever become one.
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Making Tomato Sauce Giada’s Way
Until today.
First, I quote-unquote sauteed the garlic.
Like the ancient ruins of Pompeii, but worse.
Round two had much better odds, considering I actually read the recipe.
Then in went the Parmesan rinds, fresh basil, tomatoes, and my starring carrot.
They’re cute, but this was a sweetness test, after all.
Remove the Parm rinds, carrot, and basil.
(I skipped the blender and left things chunky.)
