Mel and Mal's Sweet & Sour Sauce

4tbs groundnut oil
5 cloves garlic cut into slithers
1 very small red onion finely diced
3cm fresh ginger, peeled and shredded
1 large carrot peeled and shredded
2red chillies, de-seeded and finely diced
¼ tsp dried chili flakes
175 ml water
175ml rice wine vinegar
175 ml Heinz tomato ketchup
6tbs runny honey
1tsp Worcestershire sauce
3tbs cornflour, mixed in a little water
2 slices of tinned pineapple

I love making my own sauces (unlike Mel who likes to cheat with jars of things!)and this one is a particular favourite of mine

I always find that this sauce is delicious with either pork or chicken as it really brings out the flavour of the meat.

Serves : 4 Prep/Cooking Time : 15 mins

Place the groundnut oil into a saucepan and heat up

Add the garlic, onion, ginger carrot, chillies and chili flakes and fry until softened

Add the water, rice vinegar, tomato ketchup, pineapple and the honey, bring to the boil and allow to simmer for 5-7 minutes

Add the cornflour and continue to simmer, stirring all the time until the sauce thickens. Either remove from the heat until your pork is cooked or pop in a container and keep in the fridge until you are ready to use