Guava Barbecue Sauce Recipe

RECIPE: Drunken Guava Barbecue Sauce



Our Guava Tree

Our guava tree is heavy with fruit.  When I let the bulldogs out this morning, there were dozens of guavas which had bombed to the lawn.  The birds had already had their share of the ripe fruit.  So I picked some of the ripe ones off the tree, literally the low-hanging fruit. Sweet Michael gathered the higher ones later.  He came into the kitchen with his hands full and then started emptying his pockets of sweet heavy guava. My dear farmer. 

The guavas were washed, ready for mashing.  These guavas have a lemon yellow skin with pink pulpy flesh.

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The pulp is pureed in the food processor and then pushed through a strainer 

add onion, garlic and ginger...puree is cooked down to thicken

 

DRUNKEN GUAVA BARBECUE SAUCE



 



 

3/4 cup guava strained puree (about 10 guavas)

1/2 " ginger -grated

4 cloves garlic

3 TB chopped onion

1/4 cup cider vinegar

1/4 cup tomato paste

1/4 cup Honey Whiskey (I used Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey Whiskey)

3 TB freshly squeezed lime juice

1 TB soy sauce

1 TB molasses

1 TB brown sugar

1 TB honey

1 tsp worchestershire sauce

1 tsp crushed red pepper

1/4 tsp dry mustard

 

Wash and dry fresh guavas. Cut in half and place in hinged juice press. Scrap pulp into food processor.  Process and transfer pulp into fine strainer, press puree into bowl.  Measure to 3/4 cup of puree.  In food processor pulse grated ginger, garlic and onion.  Add garlic mixture to guava puree.  Cook down until reduced slightly and thickened.  Bring to a low boil.  Add rest of ingredients and cook doen until desired BBQ sauce consistency.