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Blackberry BBQ Sauce

"Sweet and fruity basting sauce that will have your guests clamoring for your 'secret.' It is an especially good sauce for pork or beef ribs."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Blackberry BBQ Sauce

Why it works: Mustard and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,067 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Blackberry BBQ Sauce

2 cups sauce
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

147Calories
4 gProtein
1 gFat
33 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Blackberry1 cup (144g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Ketchup + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together260 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Pepper + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Blackberry + red winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the blackberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ketchup, sugar, pepper, mustard, red wine, vinegar):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Blackberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ketchup, sugar, pepper, mustard, red wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.