West Texas Bbq Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 small onion
3 small garlic cloves or 2 tablespoons garlic powder
1/4 cup sesame oil in place lard
1 star anise
1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste, instead of can tomato cooked crushed through sieve
1/2 cup apricot jam or 1/2 cup wild west texas plum jelly
1/4 cup honey, if desire sweeter version of bbq
1/4 cup cider vinegar or 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 ounce lime juice instead orange juice
1 dash salt and pepper, to taste
1/4 teaspoon sage
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 jalapeno pepper, if desire hot bbq

Preparation

Steep star anise in warm sesame oil for 5-10 minutes, do not let anise fry then remove the Star Anise. (Chinese Railroad worker method).
Combine onion in Star anise sesame oil under medium high heat and cook onion until starts to become clear.
Add garlic and cook until the garlic becomes aromatic
Add tomato paste and vinegar and cook for 2 minutes then reduce heat to simmer.
stir every 10 to 15 seconds until done.
add apricot or wild plumb jelly.
Continue stirring.
add sage.
add salt and pepper to taste.
add chili powder. You can add more or less depending on taste and heat desired heat ( add Jalapeno if desire hot BBQ).
add Honey if desired for sweeter BBQ.
add lime juice.
continue to simmer while stirring until reduced to desired consistency.
Use blender or immersion hand bender mixer to purify. Pass through fine sieve if desire extra smooth style texture like commercial bottled bbq.
Goes best with Wild Foul, pork, Turkey or chicken. Plum version is better with Beef, Deer or Buffalo.