Beso BBQ Sauce

This sauce comes from Eva Longoria Parker and is used at her restaurant Beso, in Las Vegas.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 7 cups

Ingredients

• 4 -5  dried ancho chilies
• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 1  medium onion, diced
• 1  garlic clove, chopped
• 1  jalapeno, seeded and chopped
• 1  apple, peeled and cored
• 6  ounces tomato paste
• 1 1⁄4 cups apple cider vinegar
• 12  ounces  unsulfered molasses
• 1  tablespoon rosemary, leaves
• 2  teaspoons thyme leaves
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 3  cups  ice

Directions

1. Place chilies in a saucepan, cover with water and and simmer until soft, about 20 minutes. Drain, cool, discard stems and roughly chop chilies; set aside.
2. In a large saucepan, heat 2 Tbs olive oil over medium-high heat.
3. Add onion, garlic, jalapeno, and apple; cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
4. Stir in tomato paste, apple cider vinegar, molasses, rosemary, thyme, salt and reserved chilies.
5. Bring to a boil, remove from heat and stir in ice.
6. In batches, puree sauce in a blender.
7. Can be kept refrigerated up to 3 weeks.