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Thursday 6 February 2014

The Unique Processes Used To Create 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.

The main ingredients used for these coatings are Kentucky bourbons, a drink that is distilled to produce a caramel flavor and the liquid that remains after the distillation process is complete will result in a amber colored liquor that has a high alcohol content. The sauces that contains this liquid will be dark and rich and sweet. The primary sweetener for this type of coating is brown sugar and it will thicken as the mixture is cooked.

The bourbon liquor that is produced during the fermentation process will be rich in color and flavorful. Flavors will be gained from the Indian corn mash base and the high temperatures at which the mash is cooked. For more flavor enhancements, cooks will add rye and barley malt to the pots, and other flavors will emerge from wood casks that are used to distill the product.

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.

Some people find that a bourbon BBQ sauce is more robust than others due to the amount of aging that liquor was given. Some cooks believe that their mixture is more powerful if it is allowed to sit in a refrigerated space for a couple of days to allow the full flavor of each spice to come through. Each mixture will be created for flavor, and grilled meats will be moist, tender and flavorful when this coating is applied.




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