Bourbon Sauce

This is an ice cream sauce that MUST ripen for two weeks before using. It makes an excellent gift.

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup strawberry preserves
Juice of 1 lemon and grated peel
Sections of orange and grated peel
1 cup nuts
1/2 cup bourbon

Boil water and sugar until it spins a thread when dropped from a spoon. Use the 2 sugars in this mixture. Add other ingredients, put into sealed container and store in refrigerator.