Homemade barbecue sauce base
How to choose a BBQ sauce base
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barbecue sauce you are going to make, you will need a "base" before you
can begin. Ideal bases for making a good BBQ sauce are favourites such
as number 10 ketchup sauce, honey, mustard, brown sauce and fruit purée
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Consistency
of the homemade sauce base is one of the main things that
you should be looking at when considering making your own BBQ sauce.
You want to avoid the base from being too runny or too thick, and this
is one of the reasons why using a suitable ketchup is a great place to
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Experimenting because it gives you a little less to think about
initially and will allow you to let your creative juices flow as you
consider and use the ingredients that will make up your sauce.
The #10 ketchup is one of the most popular sauce bases to use as it has
the ideal consistency and acidity that complements BBQ food by giving a
clean edge, or zing, to the flavour.
Many pre-bought sauces will not
match up to your own personal favourite once you have developed your
very own homemade barbecue sauce.
If you were considering making something that had a fruitier flavour,
you can use a pre-made fruit sauce and use that as your base for a
slightly sweeter and fruitier flavour and adjust it to your taste,
using other ingredients.
Alternatively, you could use a small quantity
of ketchup base and then sweat down fruit and create your own fruit
purée to add to your sauce.
Other
sections in the homemade barbecue sauce guide
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