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Acidic tomato sauce

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I need to neutralise the acid rather than mask it @Fire
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Tomatoes and onions are by their very nature acidic things, speaking as one who suffers from acid reflux I often have to give them up completely.
  • SydRoySydRoy Posts: 167
    Tomatoes and onions are by their very nature acidic things, speaking as one who suffers from acid reflux I often have to give them up completely.
    Same here, tomatoes are top of the hit list when it comes to reflux (at least for me). 
    I grow Hildare and Roma to make sauce...actually my wife makes it..I'll ask how she does it.
  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    edited September 2020
    I too slow roast my tomatoes before making into sauce (using a passata 'machine'.) I am not sure if this would help, but they end up being sweet and concentrated in flavour. Wikihow suggests cooking them for less time, though, to reduce acid! I guess cooking them slowly just reduces the tartness, not the acid per se, so if acid reflux were an issue it probably doesn't help. If it's just a taste thing, it might. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I don't have reflux, but I have to be very careful with citrus fruits and vinegar. orange juice is a definite no.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • you don't want to, its hell!!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    😕
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Success and I didn't try bicarb!

    STOCK BOMBS

     Shed loads of cherry tomatoes rinsed to remove cobwebs ( they might have improved flavour -maybe another time) keep skins and seeds
    Random rescues from the salad drawer. ( mushrooms, celery half a pepper)
     A carrot
     Onion
    A couple of slices of bacon
    Bits of herbs off the windowsill
    Dried garlic and dried italian herbs
    The scrapings off a nearly empty butter carton
    Loads of olive oil and balsamic vinegar
    Black pepper

    Spread across a large roasting tray and roast till onions caramelised and everything is beginning to brown and there isnt much liquid
    Cool a bit and  blitz the lot.

    I will put it all in a big bag tomorrow, lay it flat to freeze
    When frozen, whack it on the counter to break it into shards.
    I will grab a handful of broken bits as needed.

    It actually tasted good enough for a dip.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited September 2020
    I'm glad you got it sorted.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    In soda bread and nowhere else!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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