Monkey Gland Sauce

1 onion finely chopped
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
125ml water
1 tin chopped peeled tomatoes
250ml tomato sauce
125ml Worcestershire sauce
200ml Mrs. Balls hot chutney
6 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
Oil for frying

In a pot over a medium heat with some oil, cook the onions and garlic until soft.

Add all the rest of the ingredients, stir thoroughly to combine and heat through.

Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 – 40 minutes.

Serve generous lashings on a beautifully cooked steak or burger

Apparently, the name was invented as a joke and then survived against all odds. Many many years ago some superior western chefs, incensed at the habit of Johannesburg diners pouring tomato sauce and Worcestershire sauce over everything, sought revenge. They blended the two ingredients, added a few others, added their half-truths about Africa and witch doctor concoctions, named it monkey gland in jest and laid it out as an insult! Well what do you know, it still lingers in steak-house menus. True South African nose-thumbing!