Name: Homemade Brown Sauce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 cinnamon stick; 8 whole cloves; 10 peppercorns; 8 allspice berries; 1 star anise; 2½ tbsp ginger-garlic paste; Pinch ground mace; 1 bay leaf; 2 granny smith apples, peeled and coarsely grated; 6 vine tomatoes, peeled, deseeded and chopped (see Be A Better Cook); 150g pitted dates, chopped; 80g dried apricots, chopped; 2 tbsp dark brown sugar; 2 tbsp tamarind paste; 3 tbsp black treacle; ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce; 1 tbsp dark soy sauce; 125ml malt vinegar; Juice ½ orange

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