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Homemade Worcestershire Sauce Recipe

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By Peggy Trowbridge Filippone, About.com

Consider making your own Worcestershire sauce at home. It does contain a lot of ingredients, but the method is very simple and easy.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 3 hours, 15 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, and lime. 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

4 out of 5 4 out of 5
WhooyahhDecember 15, 2008By Suzalah88
"This is my second attempt at this recipe, but it was so intriguing that I had to try again. My second attempt followed the recipe exactly (except I had no dark beer and used regular) BUT I omitted the lime. My first attempt was so filled with the aftertaste of lime that I had to eliminate it. The second batch is WONDERFUL. It is not much like that you get in a bottle, but it is a delightful flavor for me and I can see that it would substitute and improve any recipe that would call for Worcestershire. It will be an unusual gift for anyone!"

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