I love this sauce on everything. Anything that needs a little savouriness over the sweetness of regular tomato sauce, or something that needs a real barbecue kick. It’s awesome on tofu (yes really), or veggies, sweet potato fries, hot dogs, sausages, all the usual. A barbecue burger is pretty legit.
This makes a lot, but if you’re preserving your harvest (or harvesting from the grocer!), you’ll be grateful. Will also save you going to the shops for the mass-produced version!
PrintHomemade smoky-sweet barbecue sauce
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 2 litres 1x
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Description
Modify your barbecue sauce to your specific smoke/sweetness needs. You won’t know what you ever did before!
Ingredients
- 2 cups tomato passata
- 4 tsp onion powder, or 1 whole onion peeled and diced
- 3–4 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
- 2 tsp mustard powder
- 1/4 cup treacle
- 2 tsp allspice
- 2 tsp paprika
- 4 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- a couple of tablespoons of liquid smoke
Instructions
- To a large pot, add the passata, onion, garlic, mustard powder, treacle, allspice, paprika, and worcestershire sauce.
- Bring to a boil and then simmer over medium-low heat about 20 minutes, until thick.
- Add the apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, and liquid smoke. Test for seasoning – you may want to add salt, and play around with the sweetness/smoke levels. Remember it will taste a bit different when cold, so make sure there’s plenty of flavour.
- Bring to a boil and pour into heated, sterilised jars. Put the lids on tight and leave to cool, preferably overnight.
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