Sauce tastes raw
Affects qualityA sauce-type-to-oven-temperature mismatch — uncooked sauce needs a genuinely hot, fast bake.
Ask yourself
- Was an uncooked sauce used on a long, cooler bake?
- Was the bake hot and fast enough to fully cook the sauce in place?
Likely causes
- #1
Uncooked sauce used on a bake too cool or too slow to cook it through
Strongly supportedUncooked sauce styles rely specifically on a very high, short bake to cook fully; used on a cooler, longer bake, it simply never finishes cooking.
Rescue it now
Not fixable once baked
Prevent it next time
Use a pre-cooked sauce for any style baked below roughly 350C, reserving uncooked sauce for genuinely high-heat bakes
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