Coffee Bourbon Barbeque Sauce

JM3

I'm cooking 36 pounds of boston butt for Saturday. To go with it I have my raspberry chipolte sauce but I wanted to give everyone a choice on the sauce so I pulled out this recipe from Emeril. It is getting rave reviews from my taste testers. I used Dizzy Pig Tsunami Spin instead of Emeril's Essence. To kick up the heat I might use my Jamaican Firewalk next time.[p]1 cup Bourbon whiskey
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup chopped yellow onion
1 tablespoon Essence, recipe follows
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 jalapeno, seeds and stem removed, and minced
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 cup ketchup
3/4 cup brewed strong black coffee
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons cane syrup or dark molasses
1 tablespoon hot red pepper sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper [p]
Place the bourbon in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Simmer until reduced to 1/3 cup. Remove from the heat and let cool.
In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions, Essence, and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring, until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic, pepper, and lemon and cook, stirring for 30 seconds. Add the ketchup, coffee, sugar, vinegar, lemon juice, Worcestershire, cane syrup, and hot sauce, and bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the bourbon and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. [p]Remove from the heat. With a hand-held immersion blender, or in batches in a food processor, puree on high speed until smooth. Adjust the seasoning, to taste. [p]

Clay Q

JM3,
I'm out of sauce and ready to make a batch so I'll give this one a try. Looks good. Good luck with all that butt!
Thanks,
Clay

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JM3,[p]How do you use the raspberry chipotle. I have some but didn't think about using it for pulled pork.

yoyo_in_atlanta

JM3,[p]That's a boat load of meat! Sauce looks awesome. Have fun and don't forget to lubricate the cook!