Homemade Worcestershire Sauce

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes

Total Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 large sweet onions, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup tamarind paste
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons minced ginger
• 2 jalapenos, seeds removed and minced
• 1/4 cup chopped canned anchovies
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 2 whole cloves
• 2 tablespoons freshly cracked black pepper
• 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
• 1 cup molasses
• 3 cups white vinegar
• 1 cup dark beer
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 cups water
• 1 lemon, thinly sliced
• 1 lime, thinly sliced

Preparation:

Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and saute the chopped sweet onion until soft, about 7 minutes. Add the tamarind paste, garlic, ginger, and jalapenos. Cook over medium-low heat for another 5 minutes. Add anchovies,tomato paste, cloves, pepper, corn syrup, molasses, white vinegar, dark beer, orange juice, water, lemon, andlime. Stir to combine and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 3 hours until thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon.

Strain Worcestershire sauce into a glass bottle and refrigerate.

Yield: about 6 cups