Blueberry Barbecue Sauce
Sweet, tart, and mildly spicy barbecue sauce made from fresh blueberries or frozen blueberries. Perfect for grilled meats like pork, chicken and venison. Makes about 4 cups. You can cut the recipe in half if you need.
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 70kcal
Cost: 10
Equipment
- 1 Two quart cooking pot
- blender or food processor
- Two 16 oz (2 cup) mason jars with lids
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs blueberries roughly 5 cups of blueberries
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 small shallot about 3oz, roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons flavorless cooking oil
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 tablespoons minced garlic
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne or hot chili sauce to taste (optional)
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon about ½ a whole nutmeg ground or grated nutmeg
- 1 two inch cinnamon stick
Instructions
- Add the oil to a 2 quart sauce pan with the shallots, or onion, garlic and ginger. Sweat the mixture for 2-3 minutes, or until the shallot is translucent.
- Add the remaining ingredients, bring to a simmer and cook on medium heat for 15-20 minutes. Remove the cinnamon stick and discard.
- Working carefully, puree the hot mixture in a blender until very smooth. Pour the barbecue sauce into two pint mason jars, seal, and process in a water bath for 10 minutes. Remove the jars and cool, label, date, and store in a pantry.
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Notes
Blueberry Chipotle Barbecue Sauce
Omit the cayenne and add 1 tablespoon ground, dried chipotle chili powder or pureed chili peppers in adobo to taste.Bourbon Blueberry Barbecue Sauce
Add ½ cup bourbon to the onions and garlic after they're done cooking. Reduce the liquid by half, then add the blueberries and proceed with the recipe.Nutrition
Serving: 2tablespoon | Calories: 70kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 76mg | Potassium: 56mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 24IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.2mg