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Rustic BBQ Sauce

A rustic homemade bbq sauce that can be served at a bbq or used as a substitute when cooking
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 2 Tomatoes, diced
  • 1 Red onion, diced
  • 2 cloves Garlic, finely diced
  • 1 red chilli, finely diced and deseeded (reserve seeds)
  • 2 Apples, diced
  • 3 tblspns Tomato paste
  • 2 tblspns Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 tspn Mixed Spice
  • 1/4 tspn Mustard powder
  • 1 tblspn Apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
  • 1 tblspn Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1/2 cup Apple juice

Instructions
 

  • Place tomatoes, onion, garlic, chilli and apples in slow cooker bowl
  • Add tomato paste, sugar, mixed spice and mustard
  • Pour vinegar, worcestershire sauce, water and juice over everything
  • Cook on low for 6hrs (1.5L sc) until you have a thick sauce consistency
  • Taste at around the 5hr mark and adjust to personal tastes -
  • Add some of the reserved chilli seeds/mustard powder for a spicier sauce or add more sugar for a sweeter sauce

Notes

  • If you prefer a smoother sauce allow to cool and then blend in food processor/blender