Sunday, February 24, 2013

Zingy BBQ Sauce

Today we were getting ready for a day out with mates, and the food being planned was roasted meat rolls so I decided a BBQ sauce would be a nice addition! I roughly chopped 1 onion, 3 cloves garlic, 1 large carrot and a celery stick and blitzed for 3 seconds at speed 6. I added 50g olive oil and sautéed at varoma temp for 5 minutes speed 2. Next I added 2 green apples, 4 plums with stones removed and 2 tomatoes all roughly chopped and blitzed again at speed 4 for 5 seconds. Then I added 250g cider vinegar, 200g brown sugar, 1 tbs salt, 1/2 tsp whole peppercorns, 1 tsp mustard powder, 2 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground allspice and 2 whole cloves. This was cooked at 100 degrees for 45 minutes speed 2. I allowed it to cool for 5 mins then blitzed at speed 10 for 1 minute. I think with the vinegar content it should keep for a good while in the fridge, if you bottle in sterilized glass. That's assuming it lasts that long!