BBQ SAUCE - FERRAN ADRIA



This is an amazing sauce. It is from the cookbook 'The Family Meal' from Ferran Adria, the famous chef from 'El Bulli'. Easy to make and sooo beautiful. You won't be able to eat bought BBQ sauce afterwards.

BBQ sauce
2 red onions, chopped very finely
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 Tbsp lemongrass, chopped finely
2 Tbsp ginger, grated
juice of 1 orange
70g brown sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp runny honey
1 1/2 Tbsp molasses or treacle
40ml sherry vinegar
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
200g ketchup
300g tinned chopped tomatoes

METHOD:
To make the BBQ sauce, prepare all the ingredients. Put a medium saucepan over a medium heat, then add the oil. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes, until dark golden.
Add the garlic and cook for 3 minutes more. Add the brown sugar, orange juice and molasses or treacle and let the mixture cook for 3 minutes.
Pour in the honey and add the ginger, lemongrass, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and ketchup. 

Add the tomatoes and simmer for 30 minutes. Season with salt.



Strain through a fine-meshed sieve until most of the solids are in the bowl.


Leave to cool. 
It makes about 300g.

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