Spicy Fruit Finishing Glaze for Barbecue

Submitted by gailanng

"A sweet and spicy finishing glaze that's great on barbecued pork chops, ribs, chicken, or ham. We think it's much fresher tasting than store-bought. Can also be used as chutney."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 1 cup
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger or 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 - 1 1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1⁄2 small onion, minced
• 1 1⁄2 cups fruit preserves (such as raspberry, peach, apricot, cherry or your favorite)

directions

1. In a small saucepan over low heat, stir together water and the next 10 ingredients. Simmer, uncovered, until onion bits are very soft, about 5 minutes. Add preserves and simmer, uncovered, about 20 minutes. Mixture may appear a little thin, but will thicken.
2. Cool to room temperature then refrigerate until ready for use. Refrigerate up to 2 weeks.
3. Apply as you would barbecue sauce in the last few minutes on the grill.

Reviews

[Peter J]

Yum, really nice sweet yet tangy combination! Often I don't think of using a finishing glaze with BBQ meat but it both tastes great and saves a lot of clean-up over applying a sauce / marinade during cooking. I got a bit impatient and had a sample over chicken as photographed before it had fully cooled and thickened. I'm looking forward to having the remainder over a variety of meats during the next few days and coming up to Christmas might have to make another batch because it would also be great with turkey and ham.

 

[Sydney Mike]

Made a double batch of this recipe the other day to use one night on chicken breasts & the next night on some pork chops that we had ~ Both were ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL when heavily glazed with this sauce! This time I used peach preserves, & I'm enthusiastically looking forward to make this great glaze with other flavors as well! A definite keeper of a recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Every Day Is a Holiday tag]