Recipe courtesy of Coryanne Ettiene in partnership with Cobblestone Bread Co. For more recipes from BLOGGER, visit their blog kitchenlivingwithcoryanne.com.
3 cups of fresh cherries, pitted
2 teaspoons of tomato paste
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
¼ cup molasses
1 ½ teaspoons canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
⅓ cup pulp free orange juice
1 teaspoons of fresh lemon zest
2 teaspoonss of salt
2 teaspoons butter
1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
Add the butter and onions to a sauce-pan. Simmer on low heat until the onions soften, and then add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes before adding the vinegar, cherries and orange juice. Simmer the blend for 5 minutes until the cherries start to soften, and then add the remaining ingredients, stirring the pot until everything is fully blended. Allow the pot to gently simmer for a further 20 minutes before using your immersion blender to liquefy the sauce. Allow the sauce to cool before storing in a jar or applying to your BBQ chicken, pork or lamb.
By far my favorite grilling feast is a perfectly cooked brisket from the Big Green Egg slathered in Cherry Chipotle BBQ; it is so tender and irresistible that your grilling invitation should come with a disclaimer that as the cook, you have the right to nibble a taste with your fingers before dishing up plates for your guests. But I digress… place a generous pile of brisket on a Cobblestone Bread Co™ Toasted Onion Roll, add a dollop of BBQ sauce, and tuck in like no one is looking.
Because this BBQ sauce is so quick and simple to make, I like to make it a day in advance to allow it to rest and steep a bit; but if time is not on your side, dish it up right away. Either way make sure that you have enough to allow your guest a little extra; or even better, make loads so you can jar the extra sauce for take home presents with the recipe tied to the jar.
