If you cook the tomato too long you lose the tomato flavor[1]. My Italian-American neighborhood has a sauce competition at the community center every year, and the winners never do an all day cook.
reply[1] https://www.seriouseats.com/the-best-slow-cooked-italian-ame...
Interesting! I’ll have to try a cooking the recipe for shorter. I am a bit skeptical since my family’s sauce is the best in the world already :)
replyThey're all good sauces.
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