Root Beer Sauce

At Christmas, Ken and I made brisket for the first time. We thought we should have some sauces to go along with it. We made this sauce and had some good reviews. However, the funny part of the story was, we didn't have any root beer. So, we used
regular soda and cream soda mix.


Root Beer Sauce - from nola.com

1 two-liter bottle root beer

1 ½ cups apple cider vinegar

½ cup ketchup

¼ cup yellow mustard

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon Tabasco

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

In a large saucepan, reduce root beer to 1 cup over medium heat (takes about an hour).

Add vinegar, ketchup, mustard, lemon juice, Worcestershire, Tabasco, salt and pepper. Stir well to combine. Simmer 20 minutes. Finish with butter to give the sauce extra body and flavor.