Creative Additions For A Bourbon BBQ Sauce

By Jerri Perry


Culinary artists enjoy using a bourbon BBQ sauce to coat a variety of meats because the mixture is full of flavorings that are derived from a wonderful assortment of spices. The coating application that most cooks prefer is to apply the substance with a brush which allows the coating to be spread evenly across the meat. This method will also ensure that all portions of the meat are covered with the coating.

To achieve the rich, sultry flavor offered by Kentucky bourbon, many cooks must understand the background of the ingredients that go into creating the mixture. The caramel color of the drink is achieved during the distillation and fermentation process. The amber coloring of the liquid will emerge after the liquor is distilled. Distillers use brown sugars to sweeten the mixture, and this will cling to the meats as they cook.

The primary grain used to create this libation is Indian corn, which is milled to a fine texture and combined with water to create a mash. This mixture is cooked and rye and barley malt are added for additional flavoring. Craftsmen study outdoor temperatures because the weather temperatures will directly affect the finished flavor of the libation.

A pungent flavoring will emerge as the corn mash is cooked, and during the fermentation process, the potency of wood flavorings will come forth. The aging process will add flavors to sauces that are very distinctive. The longer the mix is exposed to the wood grains will determine what flavors will dominate the final liquor.

Using cypress wood to during the fermenting process is a trick that Southerners know well, because the fossil fuel burns evenly and leave a clean taste behind from the smoke it emits. A clever cook can use the aging time to add charred flavors to the mixture. The barrels that the mixture is placed in will have a profound affect on the final flavoring.

Some sauce recipes will pursue a bolder edge because the ingredients added will be peppers. Some hard core cooks will place a smoke flavoring in the mixture by placing hickory woods that have been used in the smoking process for cooked meats on a previous occasion. Less devoted cooks will take a short cut and pour liquid smoke flavorings into the BBQ sauce mixture.

Tomatoes are peeled and cooked under heat until a puree forms, and cooks can choose to flavor the mixture with paprika and Worcestershire. The mixture will go through a reduction process to remove excess waters, and the cook may choose to add black pepper, vinegar, garlic, and onion add that time to get flavors mingling together. The sauces can be thickened further by the addition of corn starch and sugars.

The thickness obtained from a bourbon BBQ sauce will ensure that all meats that are coated with the mixture will be moist and delicious. Certain techniques are used to bolster the flavor of the finished product such as refrigerating the sauce for several days. The cold environment will allow the spices and other ingredients to mix together until a thicker mixture is achieved.




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