Spicy plum sauce

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 500 g plum(s), blue or red
• ¼ tsp pepper (Szechuan)
• 5 cloves
• 1 red chili pepper(s), dried, more to taste
• 150 g brown cane sugar
• 1 piece(s) ginger root, 2-3cm
• 2 garlic cloves
• ⅛ liter red wine vinegar
• ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
• ¼ tsp anise powder
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Finely grind the Szechuan peppercorns, cloves, and chili peppers. Peel and grate the ginger, and peel and crush the garlic cloves. Wash and pit the plums. Place them in a large pot with the vinegar, sugar, ground spices, anise, and cinnamon. Cook the plums over medium heat until soft, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then blend the plums into a sauce with an immersion blender and season with soy sauce. Immediately pour the sauce into bottles while hot, seal, and simmer upside down for 2 minutes. The sauce goes well with Asian dishes or grilled meat.