Sauce Recipe ∽ Raspberry Hot Barbecue Sauce

Have you finished off a jar of pickles? Instead of dumping the juice, consider this piquant barbecue sauce. The unique aroma of pickle juice combines with the fruity sweetness of raspberry to create a smooth sauce suited for general barbecue recipes.

Ingredients

• 1 (36 ounce) bottle ketchup
• 1 ¼ cups raspberry preserves
• 1 (8 ounce) jar honey
• 1 cup dill pickle juice
• 2 tablespoons prepared spicy mustard
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ⅓ cup red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon dried minced onion flakes
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1 dash hot pepper sauce, or to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Stir together the ketchup, raspberry preserves, honey, pickle juice, mustard, brown sugar, vinegar, red pepper flakes, onion flakes, garlic powder, and black pepper in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil while stirring. Reduce heat to low and stir in the hot sauce; allow to simmer about 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts

• calories52.8
• carbohydrateContent13.6 g
• fatContent0.1 g
• fiberContent0.2 g
• proteinContent0.4 g
• sodiumContent186.3 mg
• sugarContent11.6 g