Rev 1.00, last revised: 26-Jan-09
Mmmmm…BarBeQue sauce! Nothing evokes more emotional involvement in food than a good, flavorful, spicy, silky fine barbeque sauce. Since I don’t like to buy things with ingredients that I can’t name, I make my own. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do…
NB: This recipe also makes ketchup, BBQ, or cocktail sauce. Above the line makes ketchup, add the part below the line and you’ll get BBQ sauce, and below that you get cocktail sauce. I made it this way because the basic ingredient in most BBQ sauce or cocktail sauce recipes, is ketchup.
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Ingredients |
8 oz. |
29 oz. |
Can of plain old tomato sauce |
1/4 cup |
1 cup |
Brown sugar |
1 Tbsp |
1/4 cup |
Cider or malt vinegar (or lemon juice if you prefer that taste) |
1 tsp |
2Tbsp |
Salt |
1 tsp |
2 tsp |
Minced or powdered garlic |
1/4 tsp |
1 tsp |
Ground allspice |
1/4 tsp |
1 tsp |
Ground cloves |
1/4 tsp |
1 tsp |
Ground mustard |
1/8 tsp |
1/2 tsp |
Ground mace |
1/8 tsp |
1/2 tsp |
Ground cinnamon |
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Ý Stop here for Ketchup Ý |
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ß Add these to make BBQ sauce ß |
1/2 tsp |
1.5 tsp |
Ground cayenne pepper (to taste—I triple that) |
1/2 Tbsp |
1 Tbsp |
Chili powder (to taste) |
1 Tbsp |
2 Tbsp |
Worchester Sauce (to taste) |
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ß Add these to the "Ketchup" recipe to make Cocktail sauce ß |
2 Tbsp | 1/2-cup | Freshly grated horseradish |
1 tsp | 1.5 Tbsp | Fresh lemon juice |
NB: If starting from raw tomato sauce, add a bay leaf during cooking.
Combine all of the ingredients and store in the refrigerator until ready for use.
Amounts listed are for your standard 29 oz can of tomato sauce (US). You can use puree, paste, or make your own sauce as well, just adjust the liquid to get the density you like. This recipe makes a thick “clingy” sauce. I find it wonderful on most meats, especially my spareribs!
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