Have you ever looked at what's in commercial barbeque sauce? Mostly it contains scary stuff.
Even the organic ones sold at the expensive organic-minded stores can contain "spices" or "flavorings" -- without bothering to tell you what's in the spices or flavorings. Could be anything. Could be monosodium glutamate.
Some simply contain corn syrup -- which is on the naughty-for-us list.
Most recipes for homemade barbeque sauce contain ketchup. Even organic ketchup contains the ubiquitous and unnamed "spices." There might be an organic ketchup out there that gives full disclosure. If there is, I haven't found it. And it's probably $10 per bottle.
Sorry. I want to know what's in it before I put it in me.
And, if it's going to have unnamed ingredients, then I'd rather pay $2 per bottle to poison myself than $10.
I had seen a recipe online for homemade barbeque sauce that started with tomato paste. I couldn't remember what else was in it. Besides, it's so much more fun to just throw things in a pan and see what happens.
The first thing to go in was some dehydrated onions and a can of tomato paste.
Next, some water, molasses, garlic, allspice, cumin, cayenne, black pepper, wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, raw sugar. Oregano.
Too thick. Add some more water. And some more.
Stir and taste.
A little more molasses, garlic, cayenne, vinegar, Dijon.
Stir and taste.
A bit of bamboo salt. More vinegar and Dijon and raw sugar.
Too thick.
A dribble more water.
Stir and taste.
A few more sprinkles of dry onion. A pinch more raw sugar.
Stir and taste.
OK, I think this will do.
Most Americans would want it sweeter, though it seemed I'd already dumped an alarming amount of sugar into it.
Well, at least I (mostly) know what's in it. I just couldn't tell you how much of what's in it, is in it.
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