Peppery Peach Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 lbs fresh peaches or 3 (16 ounce) packages frozen unsweetened peach slices
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 (5 1/2 ounce) can peaches or 1 (5 1/2 ounce) can apricot nectar
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 fresh red chile pepper (about 1 tbsp) or 1 habanero pepper, seeded and very finely chopped (about 1 tbsp)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 cups fresh raspberries

Recipe

• 1 wash, peel and pit fresh peaches, if using. place half of the fresh or frozen peaches in a food processor or blender. cover and process or blend until peaches are very finely chopped. transfer chopped peaches to a 6 quart saucepan. repeat with remaining peaches.
• 2 add sugar, nectar, vinegar, lemon juice, chile pepper, salt and garlic to the pot. bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered for 15 to 20 minutes or until desired consistency, stirring occasionally. remove from heat. stir in raspberries.
• 3 ladle hot sauce into prepared jars leaving a 1/4" headspace. process jars in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. adjust time according to your altitude.
• 4 to serve: stir sauce. serve with broiled, roasted or grilled poultry, lamb or ham.