Sweetening Sauces with Carrots -- Tip of the Day

by Monika Bartyzel, Posted Aug 13th 2009 @ 9:00AM

Ever wonder why carrots pop up in sauce recipes?

Baby carrots. Photo: ccharmon, Flickr

While carrots are a great way to add a whole slew of nutrients and amp up the texture of a sauce, there's another reason they pop up all the time: sweetness.

Adding the orange veggie to a mix is a way to increase the taste without adding sugar. In fact, it also acts as a vanquisher of sharpness, slipped into many marinara recipes -- like Giada De Laurentiis' version and the famous Babbo sauce -- to successfully cut a tomato's sharp acidity.

Sweet, cheap, handy and super-nutritious -- what could be better?

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