Blue Moon Barbecue Sauce Recipe kabegr

• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion finely chopped (about 1 cup)
• 2 cups pitted black cherries, drained if canned, thawed if frozen
• 1 1/2 cups Blue Moon Beer (12 ounces)
• 1/2 cup or your favorite KC Materpiece BBQ sauce
• 1/2 cup cider vinegar
• 6 Tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 Tablespoons honey
• 1/4 cup cherry preserves
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• Course salt and freshly ground black pepper

1. Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat.
2. Add the onions and cook until translucent but not browned, 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Add the cherries and cook until soft, about 2 minutes.
4. Add the beer and increase the heat to high.
5. Let the beer simmer briskly until the liquid is reduced by about half, 4 to 6 minutes.
6. Reduce the heat to medium and add the bbq sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, honey, cherry preserves, worcestershire sauce, and a little salt and pepper.
7. Let the sauce simmer gently until slightly thickened, 4 to 6 minutes.
8. Remove the pan from the heat, and let the sauce cool slightly, then puree it in a blender.
9. Taste for seasoning, adding more brown sugar, salt and pepper, or any other ingredient as necessary.
10. The sauce should be highly seasoned.
11. Let the sauce cool to room temperature before serving.
12. The sauce can be refrigerated for a week.
13. Return to room temperature before serving.

butter, onion, black cherries, sauce, cider vinegar, brown sugar, honey, cherry preserves, worcestershire sauce, salt

Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/blue-moon-barbecue-sauce-29986 (may not work)