11/11/2020
By Every authentic Memphis BBQ sauce recipe includes cane syrup. Cane syrup is super popular in the South where it is used for everything from a condiment to an ingredient in favorite recipes like sweet tea. Pancakes, drinks, pies, anything sweet and it likely has cane syrup in it.
Cane syrup comes from the sugarcane plant and is made by boiling sugar cane juice in kettles until the thick dark syrup is formed. A Southern staple, essentially it is just a step before what molasses is as sugarcane juice boils.
Ingredients
¼ cup minced onion
1 cup cider vinegar
1⅓ cups ketchup
1 tsp hot sauce (I like Louisiana style)
1 tbsp kosher salt
¼ tsp ground black pepper
½ tsp ground allspice
⅛ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ cup honey
⅔ cup cane syrup
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Instructions
In a saucepan over medium-high heat, stir everything together. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat and cook for 10 min; remove from heat.
Cool sauce before using and store in the refrigerator up to 3 months.
