| A barbecue without sauce is like Thanksgiving | | | | beverages. Coca-cola (or Pepsi) have a high sugar |
| without the turkey, or Christmas without presents! If | | | | content and this helps the sauce to caramelise, |
| you are bored of the "simple" there are many | | | | turning the food a lovely golden colour. Just add a |
| different ways to add unique flavours and transform | | | | can of the cola to the classic barbecue sauce |
| a staple sauce into something amazing.Fruit can | | | | ingredients (ketchup, onion and vinegar).You can use |
| transform a barbecue sauce into something tangy | | | | alcoholic drinks to enhance the flavour of your sauce |
| and original. There are various fruits that go especially | | | | too. To keep with the relaxed atmosphere of a |
| well with the basic barbecue sauce ingredients, but | | | | barbecue, try using beer to baste the meat prior to |
| you can always experiment to find new concoctions. | | | | cooking. The alcoholic content tends to cook off, |
| For starters, try our lemon sauce recipe. For this, you | | | | leaving a sweet, rich aroma and taste. Similarly, |
| will need butter, flour, garlic, lemon juice and tobasco | | | | whiskey makes for a fantastic base for a barbecue |
| sauce (if you like a kick!). Melt the butter and fry the | | | | sauce. Around three-quarters of a cup of whiskey |
| garlic, then add the flour to make a paste. Add the | | | | should be sufficient when added to vinegar, ketchup, |
| rest of the ingredients and stir.Other fruits we have | | | | garlic, onion and brown sugar.Asian cuisine has |
| used with great success include apricots and plums. | | | | become mainstream, and it is now being incorporated |
| Finely chop the fruit, and add it to ingredients such as | | | | into the barbecue menu too. The spicy flavours and |
| fried onion or garlic, as well as mustard. Adding lemon | | | | unusual ingredients can really make your barbecue |
| juice together with these fruits heightens the zesty | | | | sauce into something special. Try hoisin or teriyaki |
| flavour too. Pineapple makes a fabulous glaze for | | | | sauce, adding them to equal parts ketchup and |
| meat, especially pork. You will need to combine | | | | shop-bought barbecue sauce. Five-spice powder |
| pineapple juice, mustard, brown sugar and cloves in a | | | | makes an authentic Asian flavour, but only add it in |
| pan over a medium heat. Then simply brush the glaze | | | | small quantities. Experiment with chilli, kaffir lime |
| over the meat when it is around ten minutes from | | | | leaves and coriander for a Thai influence.For more on |
| being ready to serve.For a surprising ingredient for | | | | Outdoor Kitchens and Gas Grills please visit |
| barbecue sauce, we have tried using various | | | | Guide4Home. |