Low Sugar Sweet & Sour Sauce – Christine Bailey

Ingredients

• 1tsp olive oil or coconut oil
• 1 small red onion, finely diced
• 2 crushed garlic cloves
• ½ tsp fresh ginger root, grated
• ½ red chilli, deseeded and finely diced or pinch of chilli flakes, optional
• ¼ tsp Chinese five spice powder
• 4 tbsp tomato puree
• 200ml fresh chicken stock or vegetable stock
• 2tsp cornflour
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar
• 2 tsp caster sugar or honey to taste
• 2 tbsp tamari soy sauce, gluten free
• 200g fresh pineapple (or canned in natural juice) cut into small pieces
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Pinch of sea salt