Small batch, it's close to a tomato-based sauce, good enough for BBQ :)
Cranberry BBQ Sauce
5oz Cranberries
1 cup water
2 Tbsp molasses
2 Tbsp worstershire ( if you can't find it then leave it out )
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp lemon
3 Tbsp xylitol ( or use whichever sweetener you prefer )
1 tsp granulated garlic
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp black pepper
Toss the cranberries into the water and boil until the berries split, then puree.
Add the other ingredients and simmer to whatever consistency you prefer.
Adjust the ingredients to suite your taste keeping in mind that the cranberries are very sour, so more sweetener might be necessary depending on what you use and what you prefer. Last time I made this I bumped the molasses to 3 or 4 Tbsp because it gets it closer to a tomato-type BBQ sauce taste. And while adding lemon and vinegar might seem counter intuitive for an already sour berry sauce somehow or other it changes the flavor profile more towards a tomato-based BBQ sauce.
If you're cooking some sort of meat ( ribs, brisket, etc ) where you can collect the juices then adding some or all of that helps the flavor too!
Cranberry BBQ Sauce
5oz Cranberries
1 cup water
2 Tbsp molasses
2 Tbsp worstershire ( if you can't find it then leave it out )
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp lemon
3 Tbsp xylitol ( or use whichever sweetener you prefer )
1 tsp granulated garlic
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp black pepper
Toss the cranberries into the water and boil until the berries split, then puree.
Add the other ingredients and simmer to whatever consistency you prefer.
Adjust the ingredients to suite your taste keeping in mind that the cranberries are very sour, so more sweetener might be necessary depending on what you use and what you prefer. Last time I made this I bumped the molasses to 3 or 4 Tbsp because it gets it closer to a tomato-type BBQ sauce taste. And while adding lemon and vinegar might seem counter intuitive for an already sour berry sauce somehow or other it changes the flavor profile more towards a tomato-based BBQ sauce.
If you're cooking some sort of meat ( ribs, brisket, etc ) where you can collect the juices then adding some or all of that helps the flavor too!