This sweet and savoury apple date sauce is sweet by day, savoury by night
Who doesn’t like a multi-purpose sauce? One that can satisfy both a sweet tooth and accompany other ingredients on a plate of salty savoury food. This Sweet and Savoury Apple Sauce plays an Oscar-winning supporting role to any major ingredients it’s paired with, whilst still shining brightly on its own.
A winning blend of ingredients
Apples, Medjool dates, ginger and a little butter. By oven-roasting the apples until nicely browned and caramelised, a rich caramel flavour develops when mixed with creamy fudge-like Medjool dates. Ginger adds a lovely spike to bring you out of the sweetness and back to savoury land.
How to eat Sweet and Savoury Apple Date Sauce
Keep scrolling below for the recipe and serving suggestions
Sweet servings
- Use it as an alternative to fruit compote or jam
- Great as a topping on porridge, granola and yoghurt
- Blend with mascarpone and serve alongside pancakes, waffles or French toast
- Serve with ice cream
Try making this super creamy Apple Date Coconut Porridge with Toasted Almonds, recipe here
Savoury servings
- As a sauce for almost any pork dish including roast pork, pulled pork and pork belly
- Use as a condiment on a toasted smoked bacon sandwich
- Serve alongside black pudding and sausages
- Place in a small bowl as a ‘chutney’ on a cheese board
Or try this truly delicious Pork Chop Celeriac Remoulade and Apple Date Sauce recipe here
Pork and apple are a match made in heaven. Serve alongside crispy roasted pork belly.
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Sweet and Savoury Apple Date Sauce
A thick caramel-like sauce made with roasted apple, Medjool dates and ginger serves as a condiment on both sweet and savoury dishes
- Prep Time: 5 Minutes
- Cook Time: 30
- Total Time: 40 Minutes
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: Modern Fusion
Ingredients
- 3 apples
- 1 tbsp butter
- 150g Meedjool dates
- 2 tsp freshly grated ginger
- 150 – 200ml date liquid
- 2 tsp apple ciders vinegar
- Good pinch sea salt flakes
Instructions
- Heat oven to 200°C.
- Chop apples into small cubes and discard core. Heat 1 tbsp butter in a small roasting tin and when melted toss apple cubes around to coat.
- Roast for 25 – 30 minutes or until sticky and nicely browned / caramelised on the outside. They should still be soft and juicy on the inside.
- Whilst apples roast, soak Meedjool dates in boiling water for 10 minutes. Drain dates and reserve the soaking water. Remove date seeds and roughly chop into smaller chunks so they are easier to blend.
- Combine roasted apples, dates, ginger, salt and vinegar in a blender. Pour in 150ml reserved date soaking water and blend until smooth. If your sauce is too thick, then add splashes of date water until the right consistency is achieved and the sauce blends to a thick smooth consistency. This is a thick jam like sauce and not runny so don’t add too much and you can’t go back!
- Transfer to a jar and keep in the fridge until needed.
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