Recipe: Sweet and Sour Apricot Sauce (crock pot and food processor)

SWEET AND SOUR APRICOT SAUCE
This sauce is excellent for poultry, pork, and lamb dishes or as an accompaniment for Chinese dishes. When apricots are plentiful.

6 cups pitted chopped apricots
1 cup light raisins
2 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon allspice
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
2 large onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
24 ounces Japanese preserved ginger
1 1/2 cups cider vinegar

Place apricots, raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, salt and cayenne, if desired in the slow cooker and set on low.

In a food processor or blender, puree onions, garlic, ginger, and vinegar until smooth. Add onion mixture to slow cooker and stir.

Cook 3-4 hours, stirring occasionally, until mixture is thick like ketchup. Taste and adjust seasonings. Store in refrigerator.

Source: Slow Cooking: In Crockpot, Slow Cooker, Oven and Multi-Cooker by Joanna White