Mmmm ribs
I spent this past weekend at my brother’s place out in Burlington. We took advantage of the amazing weather on Good Friday and spent the afternoon at a conservation park, Mountsberg I think. They had some Easter events for the kids, and a Raptor area with several birds of prey. It was a great time! While we were out I had three racks of baby back ribs in the oven at 225 degrees slowly becoming mouth watering goodness.
Before loading up the oven I made a dry rub and liberally applied it to the ribs. Then into a roasting pan and into the low oven for approx 5-6 hours. When we got home the smell was heavenly! I made a quick coffee bar-b-q sauce and put the ribs out on the grill with the sauce and let them caramelize before serving.
The rub was:
Kosher Salt
Brown Sugar
Cinnamon
Garlic Powder
Cayenne Powder
Cumin Powder
Dry Mustard Powder
Ground Black Pepper
Sorry I don’t have amounts, I was hurrying so we could get to the park and didn’t have time to measure. I also usually include Allspice in my rubs but my brother didn’t have any at their place.
The sauce was:
Finely chopped onion
Unsalted Butter
Olive oil
The rest of the rib rub
Ketchup
Plain old yellow mustard
Cold Coffee from breakfast
Chipotle tabasco sauce
Started sweating the onions in the butter and olive oil. Added the spices and wet ingrediants and simmered for 20-30 minutes. Then I basted the ribs with it on the grill. I only had them on the grill for a few minutes per side, just to get some colour on the sauce.
The only thing missing from the ribs was smoke flavour. If I had been able to use the grill I would have added smoke packs and most likely a few of them as they burned up. The ribs were tender and juicy, with a pretty decent “bark” on them, the meat came away from the bone easily and cleanly though the ribs held their shape. Even my 9 year old nephew who won’t try anything new like them!
