Cherry Balsamic BBQ Sauce
This recipe is really good for the beginning sauce maker, given that the hardest part about the recipe is cutting the cherries in half and removing the pits. When you are getting to the blending portion of this lovely recipe, you can of course move it to a blender or food processor, but an immersion blender is your best bet.
The two most interesting parts of this sauce, flavor wise, are the balsamic vinegar and the teaspoon of Chipotle Meco Powder we added.
We served our Cherry Balsamic BBQ sauce on some roasted chicken and all of our taste testers thought it was quite good. This sauce would also be excellent on rice, or even some roasted vegetables. Use it pretty much anywhere you would use your standard barbecue sauce.
Prep Time: 20 min.
Cooking Time: 30 min.
Servings: 8
Cooking Method: Stovetop
Category: Sauces
Cuisine: American
Ingredients:
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 Vidalia onion, small dice
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups sweet cherries, stems removed and pitted
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup Granulated Molasses
- 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons Ground Yellow Mustard
- ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Chipotle Meco Powder
Instructions:
- In a large pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil to medium–high. Add onion, and cook for 5 minutes. Add minced garlic and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
- Add the rest of the ingredients, stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes.
- With an immersion blender, blend until smooth right in the pot. If you have a food processor or a blender, let the sauce cool a bit, then process mixture until smooth.
- Place mixture back into the pot, and simmer for another 10 minutes.
