Beechwood House Barbeque

This past summer, my contribution to a friend’s festivities included five flavors of Beechwood House Originals—barbeque sauces with a depth of flavors that provided the perfect accoutrements for grilled poultry, pork, and veggies. A fortuitous discovery at the Fancy Food Show, Beechwood House’s friendly fellows sell their product only at a few limited locations, mostly gourmet country shops in upstate New York.

We were thrilled to get our hands on each of the flavors, and were bowled over by the results. Their “extra-hot” and “ginger-wasabi” sauces were perfect on barbequed chicken, and the “original” sauce dressed up a whole onion to make for a tasty vegetable side. Yours truly enjoyed it so much that it easily became my entrée.

Although barbeque season has passed, autumn days hearken autumn oven roasts, and Beechwood House’s sauces rise to the occasion yet again. The “ginger-wasabi” sauce goes wonderfully on a roast duck with a side of Sichuan-style vegetables and brown rice. The garlic sauce works perfectly with salmon and is wonderful served with broccoli that have been tossed in it as well.

To get that same divine summer onion that I devoured at the barbeque, glaze a whole, peeled yellow onion with the “original” sauce. Wrap it in foil, and bake in a 400-degree oven for half an hour. Serve several of the sticky sweet and sour onions for dinner to accompany roast pork (glazed with the same sauce!), baked fingerlings or squash, and cinnamon apples!

Developed from family recipes of Lynn Fabian (Founder of Beechwood), the Beechwood name comes from her family’s summer home in the Catskills, where the majority of the recipes first came into existence and were then taste-tested via many barbeques each summer.

The involvement of the second and third generations of the Beechwood legacy will surely keep these sauces circulating for seasons to come.

Indeed, the sauces’ shelf lives extend past summer and well into fall, but after just one finger-licking taste of these versatile sauces, you may discover that they’ll be long gone come winter!