Braze And Glaze Country Style Ribs And Sauce

Total Time: 5 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs country-style lamb ribs (1 small "rack")
• 1/4 cup table salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 quart cold water
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 can ginger ale
• 1 pinch sugar
• 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup jelly or 1/2 cup preserves
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 cup dark brown sugar (or so)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 make brine by dissolving 1/4 cup of sugar and salt in quart of cold water.
• 2 rinse ribs off and place in a zip top bag with brine.
• 3 let stand at room temperature for 30-45 minutes.
• 4 preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• 5 heat straight sided, oven proof, sautee pan over a medium/medium high heat.
• 6 remove ribs from brine, discard brine.
• 7 rinse ribs with cold water, pat dry, coat with olive oil, season with salt and pepper.
• 8 sear both sides of rack, pour gingerale over ribs, sprinkle with sugar and cover tightly with heavy duty foil (don't touch meat!) place in oven and braise for 2 hrs, remove from oven flip over, season/sugar, re-cover and braise for an additional 2 hrs.
• 9 remove from oven, raise oven temp to 400 degrees f.
• 10 place ribs on a foil covered sheet pan.
• 11 cover ribs with pan foil.
• 12 bring pan liquid up to a full boil, reduce to about 1/3rd it's original volume, lower heat to simmer and add remaining ingredients.
• 13 adjust taste to suit (may be too sweet for some!) whisk until well combined.
• 14 brush a coat of sauce on the ribs and bake in hot oven until glaze is browned and thick.
• 15 re-coat with sauce and repeat as desired.
• 16 allow to sit before cutting.