A friend of ours has sour cherry trees that are completely covered in ripe cherries right now. We were able to go over and pick a few quarts. Most of them are going into some sweet desserts. I took some aside to make a topping for the steaks we are having tonight.
1 cup sour cherries
1/4 cup sugar
1 large jalapeno
dash of salt
Roast, peel and seed the jalapeno. Dice it. You can leave the seeds and membranes in if you want this to have more heat. I wanted it to be a little on the mellow side.
Remove the pits from the cherries.
Combine all ingredients in saucepan, bring to a boil. When boiling turn down to low. Cover. Let sit on the stove for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
This seems like it would be delicious on just about everything. Rather than combine a great big pile of things that usually go into a barbecue sauce (onion, garlic, molasses, pepper, etc.) I really wanted to let the cherries shine through. I'd definitely use this in place of a Kansas city style sauce on ribs or a pulled pork sandwich.
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