Stemilt Cherry BBQ Sauce
If I am honest, BBQ sauce has never been one of those sauces that makes me weak in the knees, until I started exploring ways to give it a taste of heat and sweet without being too much of either one. Mixing the heat and smoke of the chipolte pepper with the sweet tang of a fresh cherry is everything I love about BBQing in a homemade bottle of summer goodness. Im using Stemilt sweet cherries because I love the fact that the Mathison family, who owns Stemilt, has orchards located on the same grounds that their ancestors homesteaded back in 1893.
Ingredients
| Sweet cherries | 3 Cup (48 tbs) (Fresh) | |
| Tomato paste | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Apple cider vinegar | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Molasses | 1/3 Cup (5.33 tbs) | |
| Canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce | 1 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Orange juice | 1/3 Cup (5.33 tbs) (Pulp | |
| Lemon zest | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Salt | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Butter | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Yellow onion | 1 Medium | |
| Garlic | 2 Clove (10 gm) |
Directions
GETTING READY:
1. Add the butter and thinly sliced onions to a sauce pan and simmer on low heat until the onions soften
2. Then add the chopped garlic and cook for another 2 minutes before adding the vinegar, pitted cherries and orange juice.
3. Simmer the blend for 5 minutes until the cherries start to soften, and then add the remaining ingredients, stirring the pot until the ingredients are fully blended.
MAKING:
4. Allow the pot to gently simmer for a further 20 minutes before using your immersion blender to liquefy the sauce.
SERVING:
5. Allow the sauce to cool before storing in a jar or applying to your BBQ chicken, pork or lamb.
Recipe Summary
Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 37Calories from Fat 10
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1 g1.5%
Saturated Fat %
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol
Sodium 534 mg22.25%
Total Carbohydrates 7 g2.3%
Dietary Fiber %
Sugars 4 g
Protein %
Vitamin A % Vitamin C %
Calcium % Iron %
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet
