Sauce Experiments - Help!

[pom]

Hey All

Not been here for a while, well it is winter here in the UK and guess who forgot to stock up on charcoal!

Anyway I have been experimenting trying to make some awesome bbq sauce. I'm not succeeding though

Firstly let me say I HATE ketchup, the very smell of it makes me retch so its out of the question - off the table! I have been using nice fresh passata as the base, and then adding varying amounts of the ingredients below and bring to the simmer:

passata
brown sugar
vinegar (tried malt, white malt, cider and white wine)
garlic powder
Sweet paprika
onion powder
sale / pepper seasoning.



Now this stuff looks great but it just doesn't taste like the manufactured stuff. Any help on making some real nice sweet, sticky and tangy bbq sauce that doesn't involve Heinz ketchup would be appreciated as its costing me a small fortune in experimenting!

thanks

Pom

[Rob R]

This is the bible for DIY sauces: Not only are there lots of sauces to choose from, but there is a big section on building your own custom sauce.
http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Kirks-Champi ... 155832125X

PS... It's also a great tutorial for building a custom BBQ rub.

PPS... You're not the only one that hates ketchup!

[Peter]

here are some places to poke around for ideas ....

http://fp.enter.net/~rburk/sauce-rub-ma ... sauces.htm

http://www.ochef.com/r238.htm

http://www.pepperfool.com/recipes/bbq_idx.html

http://www.bbqfools.com/ChezJohn.php

should keep you busy for a month or so or at least until you find a sauce you like.

[jakealberts]

I think what you are missing is Molasses. That is the flavour I think you are thinking of.

Hope this helps.

-Jay

[pom]

thanks all, have some stuff to go at!

Pom