Each go at the smoker is slowly getting better. This time it is pork ribs (american style) and beef brisket. Each meat had their own marinade, smoked with a mixture of hickory and apple wood, and basted with a home-made BBQ sauce in the final hours. The final cooking time was about 8+ hours. Details…

BBQ pork ribs – one of the best so far

There are a lot of different ways to prepare BBQ pork ribs, and I can’t say which I prefer.  But here is one method, and flavour, which worked well.  The method is simple.  Quick? No.  But simple. Yes. And tasty? Very.  Place the pork ribs in the oven with a range of wonderful ingredients, cook…

Maple BBQ pork ribs

2 to 3 racks of pork ribs, cut into pieces of 2-3. Place in a deep baking dish and cover with a mixture of:1.5 cups maple syrup1/2 cup cider vinegar8 cups soda water4 Tb ground coriander2 Tb paprika1 cinnamon stick12 pieces whole anise2 tsp. lack pepper2 Tb salt Cover with foil and bake at 180…

Dr. Pepper pork ribs with watermelon, feta and edamame salad

Belinda made this from the December 2011 / January 2012 Delicious magazine (recipe by Valli Little) while we were on Philip Island on holiday. We ended up not having enough Dr. Pepper because it’s not popular here and hard to find, so Coke was substituted with a bit of prune juice for flavour. And we…

Pork ribs

I had gotten the belly from half a pig for bacon (4.2 kg or 9 lb), and it still had a reasonable amount of rib left on it. So I used the ribs for dinner. 12 or so pork ribs, marinated in 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 Tb tomato paste 1 Tb cumin ground 1…

Lamb ribs

12 lamb ribs Marinate for at least 24h in 2.5 cups tomato purée 1/2 cup brown sugar 3 bay leaves 2 Tb oregano 1 Tb cumin 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp black pepper 1/2 Tb salt Take lamb ribs out of marinade and shake excess marinade off, retaining the rest of the marinade. Grill…

Pork spare ribs bindi style with sauce

Belinda came up with this marinade and I used the leftover marinade for the sauce. 1 kg (2 lb) pork spare ribs Marinade 3 Tb soy sauce 2 Tb mirin 3 Tb sesame oil 1 Tb lemon grass, minced (unless you use this regularly, use canned) 2 Tb grated ginger 2 garlic gloves, minced Marinate…