Spicy Raspberry Sweet & Sour Sauce

A couple of years ago I had purchased a Raspberry Chipotle BBQ Sauce and just loved it. I had some frozen meatballs on hand and wanted to make a quick dinner and was thinking about using a sweet & sour sauce with them and remembered how very good that BBQ sauce was. I started with the tomato base/sweetener/vinegar/liquid combination of your typical sweet & sour sauce and came up with this recipe. I doubled this so we would have extra sauce. When finished I put the meatballs straight into the frying pan with the sauce and simmered them until heated through, served with rice.....a very quick dinner!

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4  ounces tomato sauce
• 4  ounces ketchup
• 1⁄2 cup  raspberry preserves
• 1⁄2 cup rice vinegar
• 6  ounces  pineapple juice
• 2 -4  tablespoons sugar
• 2 -4  tablespoons  hot sauce (I use Frank's)
• 1  tablespoon cornstarch

Directions

1. Place all ingredients except cornstarch into pan and mix with wire whisk until hot.
2. Add cornstarch to thicken.