Ancho & Apricot Bbq Sauce

[sickchick]

Ancho & Apricot BBQ Sauce

Soy, Gluten, Dairy & Vinegar Free

2 can apricots in syrup (reserve the syrup from ONE..)

1 jalapeno seeded and chopped

1 ancho chile seeded and chopped

1/3 cup brewed coffee

1/4 cup molasses

pinch nutmeg

2 garlic cloves, chopped

3 ts kosher or sea salt (can be adjusted for taste)

1/4 cup olive oil

*if you are a diehard traditionalist you can add 1/4 cup vinegar to yours.

Prepare the fruits, chiles, and garlic (do a coarse dice, they will be tossed into the food processor-or blender)

Place chopped apricots, garlic, jalapeno & ancho chiles with reserved syrup from 1 can of the apricots. Turn on low, and while running, slowly add coffee, molasses, salt, nutmeg, and olive oil. (The oil will give it some nice body)

Process about 30 seconds, scraping down the sides if needed.

Store in refrigerator. Will last a couple days.

Makes about 2 cups.

This is good on the outside of a turkey or pork meatloaf with sweet potato french fries! lol

Course good on BBQ brisket, pulled pork. Pork loil.

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[bakingbarb]

I am going to have to try your recipe. We have a huge bbq each summer and we always have homemade bbq sauces. The apricots though are one of my fav things to put into bbq sauce.

THanks for sharing.

[sickchick]

YAY happy BBQing Barb!

[bakingbarb]

YAY happy BBQing Barb!

I just found out for our bbq we are going to have a sauce contest! I make a pretty mean traditional sweet sauce, well Idk if its traditional? I make it fairly thin with lotsa vinegar.

What I like about your sauce is no vinegar but the coffee is a great idea and all the other components that I like in a sauce are there.

[sickchick]

hehehe I avoid vinegar just because I cannot tolerate it (apparantly there are others)

I try to add different levels of flavor to replace the missing vinegar...

Have a phenominal summer

Another fun contest is chili or salsa would be fun too!

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