Remember back in August when I picked all the blackberries I could find in my brother's backyard? And how I froze a quart of them, waiting for the opportunity to make barbecue sauce? Well, I just couldn't seem to find the right recipe for what I had in mind. So I waited. And I bought mangoes. And I waited. And, wait... mangoes?
Hmmm.
In the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving is a recipe for Zesty Peach BBQ Sauce. I've made it before. It was divine. I don't know why I didn't think of this before but, mango-blackberry BBQ sauce it is!
After thawing the blackberries just a little, I ran them through the blender and ended up with almost 3 cups of coarse puree. To this I added enough chopped mango to make a total of 6 cups of fruit. The rest of the recipe is the same (page 263). It's merrily bubbling away on the stove, thickening up until it's the right consistency and then I will process it. Last year's batch made only 5 jars, so I suspect I won't get much more than that this time. Preliminary taste tests indicate a success!
Seriously? I HATED the zesty peach BBQ sauce - I even cut back on the spice some and it STIL scorched my face off!!!! You either have a mouth o'steel or I misread something. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are creative, that I can say for sure, mouth o'steel or not!
Well, I do like spicy food...
ReplyDeleteMaybe Donna, you need to send me some so I can taste test. What do you think???? YUM!!!
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