Have you been using spaghetti sauce from a jar? Almost all brands have quite a bit of sugar (or corn syrup, or evaporated cane juice, or whatever--they are all sweeteners) added. The jar is convenient, but the sauce is always unpleasantly sweet, so I don't buy it. Make your own and don't add any sugar, and your spaghetti will never be sweet!
Here's my absolute favorite recipe, and it's REALLY easy:
--Use a medium saucepan. Put in one large (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes with their juice, 3 tablespoons butter, and I peeled medium onion cut in half. Add salt to taste, Bring just to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low.
--Keep it at a slow but steady simmer. Leave it uncovered and stir it occasionally for 30-40 minutes or until the onion is very limp and the sauce has thickened. Fish out the onion and throw it away: it's done its job! Taste to see if more salt is needed.
--Toss with spaghetti and lots of shredded fresh basil, and pass grated Parmesan at the table. The best spaghetti sauce on the planet, and not the tiniest bit sweet!
2006-10-14 01:35:43
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answered by Leslie D 4
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Do you mean the starchy flavour of the spaghetti that you sometimes get? This is caused by overcooking the pasta and it ends up going all gloopy.
Try adding it to water that is just starting to boil and leaving for 2 minutes less than that recommended on the packet. Then put the lid on the saucepan for another minute then drain straight away. If you then mix some of the sauce with the pasta in the saucepan then serve with another dollop of sauce on the top, this should stop the starchiness.
Also using something acidic in the water whilst boiling can help, like lemon juice or in the sauce, like red wine or balsamic vinegar.
2006-10-13 23:12:27
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answered by Anonymous
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i exploit a recipe from a cook dinner e book by using Fern Britton (as in Phil and Fern in this Morning). You cook dinner the minced pork in a pair of pints of milk for 2 hours with 2-3 grated carrots and finely chopped onion, till the milk has evaporated and the beef frys. It sounds somewhat dodgy yet makes the beef extremely soft. then you definately upload all the different factors: tinned tomatoes, tomato puree, garlic, pink wine, herbs a bay leaf or 2, and that i upload a splash of Worcestershire sauce. If the tinned tomatoes at the instant are not very juicy, i exploit some passata too, that's sieved tomatoes. Makes the sauce somewhat richer. cook dinner this for yet another hour. Then I stir it into the spaghetti and serve. It sounds time eating whether that's not in all probability, you in basic terms bypass away it to get on with it, stirring now and lower back. Its an stunning wet Sunday afternoon interest cos it fills the homestead with scrumptious smells on an identical time as you watch a solid dvd! I make a extensive pan-finished and freeze it in parts for a house-made waiting meal. delight in!
2016-10-16 04:34:55
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answered by ? 4
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Don't overcook the spaghetti and try different sauces, including white sauces. Sometimes the sauce is the key, not the spaghetti.
Try keeping the spaghetti, AL Dente...then when you re-heat it, it doesn't taste like mush..
2006-10-13 23:42:47
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answered by marnefirstinfantry 5
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A small amount (about 1 teaspoon in the water) of lemon or wine vinear will get rid of any lingering sweet taste.
2006-10-13 23:06:33
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answered by Billie W 2
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what do you mean? spaghetti never taste sweet as far as I know.
Just boil water and then put the spaghetti in. That's all!
2006-10-13 23:03:44
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answered by malteser*_* 4
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water, boiling. olive oil, and some salt... for the pasta at least.
or do you mean the sauce?
3 onions 3 tins of tomatoes 4-8 cloves of garlic, and a dab of chilli. then oregano, basil, rosemary etc.. plus one teaspoon of sugar and half of salt... cook it for around 2 hours to reduce and thicken.. even gordon ramsey couldnt fork this up...
2006-10-13 23:08:33
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answered by Anonymous
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Try adding a little lemon juice (e.g. about teaspoon) to the cooking water.
2006-10-13 23:04:26
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answered by Anonymous
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If you think spag tastes sweet, check with your Doctor - you might be at the onset of Diatabetes. AND NO - I AM BEING TOTALLY SERIOUS SO DO NOT MOCK !!!!
2006-10-13 23:43:05
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answered by Anonymous
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it shouldnt taste sweet, but always put salt in with it when it is cooking
2006-10-13 23:09:56
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answered by womam12 5
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