Spicy currywurst sauce

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 250 ml tomatoes, pureed
• 250 ml tomato ketchup
• 500 ml cola
• 100 ml tomato paste
• 2 m.-sized onion(s)
• 5 cloves garlic
• 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• 4 tsp sambal oelek
• 5 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 4 dashes of Tabasco
• ½ tsp caraway seeds
• 2 pinches of pepper, mixed
• 2 tbsp, heaped curry powder
• 2 tsp chili powder or chili flakes

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

slightly sharper, but still sweet and fruity

Finely chop the onions, peel and press the garlic. Then, over high heat, sweat the onions in the sunflower oil until translucent, stirring continuously. When they are translucent and just beginning to brown at the ends, deglaze with the balsamic vinegar and reduce (this goes very quickly). Pour in the cola and add the garlic, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, and sambal oelek. Immediately puree everything with a hand blender. Once everything is evenly chopped, reduce the sauce over high heat until it has a syrupy or gel-like texture. It is important to ensure that nothing burns during this process, so stir constantly. Just before the desired consistency is reached, add the tomato paste so that it can briefly develop its roasted aromas. Now add the ketchup and passata and stir everything over medium heat. Add the curry sauce, which gives the sauce its name, and the pepper (preferably from a pepper mill). At this point, you’ll need to taste the sauce, as every curry mix and every sambal oelek is slightly different, and the sauce must be individually adjusted to your taste. If you like it a bit spicier, you can make the sauce fiery with chili powder or flakes or other ingredients. This goes best with meat currywurst and fries. Families, and especially children, will love it. Note: I tried out a few recipes beforehand. Unfortunately, I personally found the mixture a bit too sweet, but the base was always very good, so I developed my own based on most of the sauce ideas. If it’s still too sweet for you, replace the ketchup with the same amount of passata.