English Style Barbecue Sauce

• 25g lard or 25ml vegetable oil
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tsp paprika
• 200ml Simple Tomato Ketchup
• 150ml tomato juice
• 45ml Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tsp black treacle*
• 1 tbsp cider or white wine vinegar
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp hot pepper sauce

To Make:

1. Heat the lard or oil in a pan and, when hot, add the onion and garlic and cook for 5 minutes until soft and tender.

2. Add the paprika and cook for a further 2 minutes.

3. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to the boil; reduce the heat and cook for 30 minutes until reduced and thickened in consistency.

4. remove and allow to cool ready for use.


* Treacle is any uncrystallised syrup made during the refining of sugar. The most common forms of treacle are golden syrup, a pale variety, and a darker variety known as black treacle. Black treacle, or molasses, has a distinctively strong, slightly bitter flavor, and a richer colour than golden syrup. Golden syrup treacle is a common sweetener and condiment in British cookery, found in such dishes as treacle tart and treacle sponge pudding.