Lyons Family Cookbook

Alan's Barbecued Ribs

-- SAUCE --

1/2

cup

+2 Tbsp dark molasses

1/2

cup

cider vinegar

1/4

cup

+ 2 Tbsp apple juice

3

oz

beer

3

oz

tomato paste

2

Tbsp

prepared mustard

1/2

Tbsp

brown sugar

1/2

Tbsp

chili powder

1/2

Tbsp

ground coriander

1/2

Tbsp

salt

3/4

tsp

cayanne

1

tsp

ground ginger

-- RUB --

4

garlic cloves, crushed

1/2

Tbsp

sugar

3/4

tsp

salt

5

lbs

pork baby-back ribs

1

PREHEAT OVEN: Convection Roast at 300°F. CONVECTION COOK TIME: 2 1/2 - 3 hours

2

UTENSIL: 3 Commercial Half-sheet Pans (12x17x1")

3

Line pans with foil. Place oven racks on rack positions 1, 3, 5

4

In a large bowl, whisk all sauce ingredients together. Measure out 1 cup sauce. Set aside.

5

In a small bowl, mash together crushed garlic, sugar and salt. Rub on both sides of ribs.

6

Place one rib slab, meaty side up, on each pan, folding ends under if necessary. Set one pan of ribs on each rack in both ovens and roast in preheated ovens for 1 hour.

7

Turn ribs. Brush generously with sauce (about 1/3 cup). Continue roasting ribs for 30 minutes.

8

Turn ribs meaty side up and brush with 1/3 cup of the sauce. Cook 30 minutes longer.

9

Baste with another 1/3 cup of sauce. Continue roasting 30 min to 1 hour or until ribs very tender.

10

Remove from oven. Heat reserved sauce to boiling and lightly coat ribs. Cut between ribs and serve with heated reserved sauce.

This recipe is 1/4 of what was given in the Thermador cookbook, since that published one serves 20 people. The portions above better match a family of 5. SOURCE: Thermador Cookbook.