Balancing t00-sweet tomatoes

[BetsyS]

I'm not sure what I was thinking when I ordered seeds, but we ended up with several plants of both a pink and a yellow tomato (bull's heart and pineapple). We're not huge fans of the flavor of these tomatoes. They taste, well, really, really sweet.

Last night, I made tomato sauce out of them, and while it was okay, it turned out crazy sweet. Like I had added sugar to them. Yikes. I'm not sure what to add to the cooked tomatoes to balance out the sweet flavor. Any ideas? I don't want these tomatoes to go to waste, and there are a number of them, so at least 3-4 more big pots of sauce to go.

[lil_earthmomma]

To temper sweetness, I would add some vinegar, like a nice balsamic or white wine vinegar. I would also add some spiciness and make it spicy.

Also, with sweet tomatoes you could make bbq sauce. It's generally on the sweetish side.

[Liquesce]

Generous lemon. Tomato sauce around here means tomatoes, onions, garlic, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, cinnamon or garam masala, lemon ... and a little sugar. Given sweet tomatoes, I'd just omit the sugar.

The tomatoes you listed aren't really sauce tomatoes to begin with though ... I honestly also might consider throwing in some tomato paste to help make up the difference, and otherwise would consider finding a different use. (Gazpacho? Adding salt and lemon to them before adding them to salads and sandwiches? Roasted? Stuffed?)

[BetsyS]

Thanks for the ideas! I'll try the vinegar/lemon juice trick.

I know that these tomatoes aren't sauce tomatoes, but they aren't very good raw (they taste, well, sweet ).... so that leaves cooking them, you know? We do like ketchup, so I might cook them down into ketchup, which is sweet. Our bbq sauce is vinegar based, so not sweet.

I just was not thinking when I bought these seeds. Oh, well. We won't plant this kind next year.