You spent time making this homemade tomato sauce, but when it came time to taste it for seasoning, you found it was too ...

However, the one thing that tends to be a problem, even sometimes overwhelming the dish altogether, is its acidity level, ...

When I make this soup for myself, I use half-and-half, but it curdles. Is it the heat or the acidic tomatoes that causes this to happen? Heavy cream is a little too heavy, but it doesn't curdle.