Drunk Apricot Shito Ghanaian Hot Pepper Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 oz. dried apricots
• ¼ cup dark rum or arrack
• 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
• 3 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. coconut sugar or dark brown sugar
• 2 grains of selim pods
• ½ tsp. cubeb pepper or Ashanti pepper (uziza)
• ½ cup peanut oil or vegetable oil
• 1 medium white onion, finely chopped
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
• 1 1" piece ginger, peeled, finely grated (unpeeled if organic)
• 1 Tbsp. crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp. chopped rosemary
• 1 tsp. chopped thyme
• ¾ tsp. dried prawn or shrimp powder
• 1 tsp. okra salt or kosher salt, plus more
• 2 Tbsp. tomato purée
• 3–4 Tbsp. dried chile powder
• ⅔ cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 Scotch bonnet or habanero chile, pierced a few times with a knife
• A spice mill or mortar and pestle

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