Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Because the UK has such short and unpredictable summers, when the sun does shine, people really appreciate every second and so barbecues are very popular. I can’t think of a better way to enjoy a perfect summers day in England than with a group of friends enjoying good food on the bbq. Part of the good food is having tasty succulent meat so here are some of the best British barbecue sauce recipes.

You may be wondering what the best British barbecue sauce recipe is doing on a site about African food, well this recipe is part of a section on the best BBQ sauces from around the world, others include the best braai sauce recipe from South Africa, best barbecue sauce recipe from the USA, best BBQ sauce recipe from Australia and the best barbeque sauce recipe from Argentina, you can then try them out and let me know which you think is best! View all BBQ Sauce Recipes >>

Right, enough talk, here are the best British Barbecue Sauce Recipes:

British Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Spare Rib Barbecue Sauce
This barbecue sauce is really simple and takes less than half an hour to make and is perfect for coating / basting spare ribs and bland sausages. You can also use it as a dip.

Barbecue Sauce ingredients

• 3 crushed cloves of garlic
• 1 finely chopped small onion
• olive oil
• 1 finely chopped red chilli
• 1 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds
• 50ml dark soy sauce
• 300ml tomato sauce (ketchup)
• 55g dark brown sugar
• salt and pepper to taste

To Make the Barbecue Sauce:
Really simple, as all you need to do is fry off the onion and garlic in the olive oil adding the fennel seeds, chilly and sugar. You then add the soy sauce and tomato sauce and season with your salt and pepper. Let it come to the boil, reduce the heat to a simmer and leave for a few minutes for the flavours to mingle.

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Making Boerewors can be fun and is actually not that difficult. The great thing is you can experiment with the basic recipe to make the perfect boereworse for you.

The Traditional Boerewors Recipe

Boerewors Ingredients, To make traditional South African boerewors you will need:

• 1 kg beef.
• 1 kg veal or lean pork.
• 1 kg mutton.
• 500 gr spek (firm pork fat from under the skin).
• 25 ml salt.
• 5 ml ground black pepper.
• 15 ml corriander
• 1 ml ground cloves.
• 2 ml nutmeg powder.
• 125 ml brown vinegar.
• 25 ml brandy (optional).
• 25 ml masala (optional).
• 200 gr wide sausage casings.

To make the boerewors, first you need to cube all meat and spek, then mix it all together and coursely mince the meat.

At the same time place the corriander in a dry frying pan and alow to cook until it browns and then break up the seeds.

Place all the meat and dry spices in a bowl and add the vinegar and brandy and lightly mix together and then leave to marinade in a fridge for a few hours.

You will then need to soak the sausage casings in water and then fill them with your boerewors mixture (firmly, but not too tightly) with your sausage maker (See below if you don’t have one)

Thats it! That to me makes the perfect traditional boerewors.

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Braai Recipes | BBQ Recipes

The southern African Braai (barbeque) is more than just eating food cooked on a grill outside. In South Africa, Zimbabwe and many other places in Africa it is a way to get together with friends and enjoy good food, good weather and a few cold beers.

These are some of the best braai recipes that we have collected and used over the years. and I hope you enjoy them, If you have any recipes that you would like to add a recipe,  please feel free to contact me.

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Braai Equipment

• The Best Braai

Main Courses on the Braai

• Make your own Boerewors
• Barbecue Ribs Recipes
• Sosaties Recipe
• Barbecue Beer Can Chicken Recipe

Side Dishes

• Mielie Pap and Sadza Recipes

Sauces and Relishes

• Chakalaka
• South African Braai Sauce Recipe
• BBQ Sauce Recipe from Australia
• Chimichurri: Argentina Barbeque Sauce Recipe
• English Barbecue Sauce Recipe

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The Best Malva Pudding Recipe

Malva Pudding is a classic South African Food dish, that origionally comes from the Dutch, it is a sweet pudding, which is usually served hot with sauce, custard or ice-cream and you will often find it on the dessert menu in many South African restaurants.

Malva Pudding is made with apricot jam and has a spongy caramelized texture. The name “Malva” comes from Malvacea wine from Madeira. The dessert and desert wine used to be served together after main course at Cape tables. There are many variants of Malva pudding like the Cape Brandy Pudding which also include brandy and dates and the Tipsy Tart which contains only brandy.

Malva Pudding Recipe

Malva Pudding Ingredients, To make traditional South African Malva pudding you will need:

• 1 cup of milk
• 1 cup of (light) brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons of apricot jam
• 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
• 1 teaspoon of vinegar
• 1 cup of plain white flour
• 1 egg
• 4 teaspoons of butter

Malva Pudding Sauce

• 1 cup whipping cream (not whipped)
• 6 ounces butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup hot water

To make Malva Pudding, first beat the egg and brown sugar together untill the mixture is thick and light, then stir in the apricot jam.

Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda together.

Melt butter and vinegar together and then addthe milk.

Add the sifted dry ingredients to egg mixture alternating with milk mixture.

Pour batter into greased oven-proof dish. Bake at 180 C for about 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.

For the Sauce:
Melt together the ingredients for the sauce and pour over the pudding as it comes out of the oven.

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BBQ Ribs Recipe

BBQ ribs are one of my favourite meats for the braai (barbeque), coated in a thick tasty sauce and served with sadza (pap). The meat is usually much cheaper than steak, best eaten with the hands and so is perfect if you are having a bunch of kids around (big or small!)

Pork BBQ Ribs
The trick to great pork ribs on the barbecue is the thick sweet sauce, I mostly use honey to add sweetness and for the texture, it is important not to put it on too soon or it will burn, turning your bbq ribs into charcoal!

Ok lets get started on this recipe for Pork BBQ Ribs:

BBQ Pork Ribs Recipe

A simple to make bbq ribs recipe for pork, with a marinade that is later used as the source for the ribs, there are no specific quantities for the recipe as most of it will be personal preference… typical man barbeque recipe then!

BBQ Ribs ingredients (Serves 4)

• 1.8 kg (4 lbs) of thick and meaty pork belly ribs
• bbq sauce (your own or comercial version)
• Tomato Sauce (ketchup)
• Worcestershire sauce
• Red wine
• Honey
• Rosemary (fresh)
• Oregano flakes
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Flour or corn starch

To make the marinade for the BBQ Ribs:

To make the marinade for the ribs, use a non-metal container, some people also use a plactic bag and place the ribs into the container. Add the fresh rosemary, oregano and pepper. Then add plenty of honey, your barbeque sauce, tomato sauce and Worcestershire sauce.

Make sure the ribs are completely smothered in your marinade, then carefully add the red wine, making sure not to remove the coating on your ribs (pour the wine into the corners of your container). Add enough wine to cover most of the ribs then place in the fridge and leave to marinate overnight.

Barbecue the Ribs

I wont tell you how to make a good braai (barbecue) here, but it is important to make sure you have enough coals- without flames, as pork takes longer to cook than beef. Cook the ribs, salting and seasoning them a few times as you turn them make sure you turn them often enough so as not to burn them. A few minutes before the bbq ribs are done, pour some more honey over them, allowing it to melt.

Make the BBQ Sauce for the Ribs

Whilst the bbq ribs are cooking add your saved marinade sauce to a pan, add 2 or 3 teaspoons of flour or cornstarch to thicken the sauce. Bring the marinade mixture to a boil, season to taste with salt and pepper, checking the thickness, you can add more flour that has been dissolved in warm water to prevent lumps. Make sure to simmer your sauce for at least 5-10 minutes to get rid of that uncooked flour taste.

That’s it, serve the bbq ribs with the sauce in a separate bowl and some traditional Zimbabwean sadza on the side.

Chakalaka is a spicy African vegetable relish traditionally served with bread, sadza (pap), samp, stews or curries and origionally comes from the townships of Johannesburg.

Chakalaka Ingredients:

• 45 ml oil
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves grated
• 1 green pepper (crushed)
• 3 green chillies deseeded and finely chopped
• 10 ml curry powder
• 3 medium carrots, grated
• 1 medium cauliflower or broccoli, divided into florets
• Can of baked beans in tomato sauce
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method:
Heat oil and sauté onions, garlic, ginger and green pepper with the chillies and curry powder for five minutes. Add carrots and cauliflower. Cook gently for about 15 minutes, or until all vegetables are cooked. Add beans and seasoning, heat through and allow to cool. Serve cold.