Sweet and Sour Sauce

Ingredients

250mL pineapple juice 

½ cup brown sugar

1/3 cup rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar

3 tablespoons tomato sauce

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 ½ tablespoons cornflour

2 drops red food colouring (for a natural alternative, substitute beetroot or pomegranate juice)

Method

1. Place pineapple juice, brown sugar, rice vinegar, tomato sauce and soy sauce into a small saucepan stirring to combine.
2. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Adjust sweetness, if desired, by adding a little more sugar.
3. In a small bowl, add 2 tablespoons of water to the cornflour to make a slurry. Add to the saucepan and stir constantly for 1 minute or until thickened.
4. Remove the saucepan from heat and add red food colouring (or alternate chosen colouring) and stir.
5. Transfer sauce to a container to cool completely.