Smoked Tomato Barbecue Sauce

By David Harbilas

In my last post I noted how smoking tomatoes lends a barbecue flavor, so why not enhance a regular barbecue sauce with smoked tomatoes?

This is essentially a regular, coffee-based barbecue sauce with the addition of pureed smoked tomatoes.

Some of the sweeteners, like molasses, have been omitted, as the tomatoes will take care of that. But slow simmering always improves a barbecue sauce

Makes about ½ gallon

• 6 cups tomato ketchup
• 1 cup strong brewed coffee
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 2 tablespoons cumin
• 1 tablespoon dried ginger
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard Read the rest of this entry »