Sauceless-in-seattle Ribs

Total Time: 1 hr 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 lbs lamb spareribs
• 3/4 cup blackberry, rinsed
• mint sprig
• 1 1/4 cups blackberries, rinsed
• 1/4 cup catsup
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup fresh ginger, minced
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)

Recipe

• 1 rinse ribs and pat dry.
• 2 trim and discard excess fat.
• 3 prepare barbecue for indirect heat.
• 4 when grill is medium-hot, lay ribs on it and turn as needed until well browned, 40 to 50 minutes.
• 5 baste 1 side of ribs with half the sauce.
• 6 turn ribs sauce side down and cook until sauce browns and forms a thick, sticky glaze, about 10 minutes.
• 7 baste top of ribs with remaining sauce, turn over, and cook until sauce browns and forms a thick, sticky glaze, about 10 minutes longer.
• 8 transfer ribs to a platter and garnish with blackberries and mint.
• 9 cut between bones to separate portions.
• 10 blackberry sauce:.
• 11 in a food processor or blender, combine blackberries, catsup, honey, brown sugar, ginger, salt and pepper.
• 12 whirl until berries are pureed.
• 13 add 1 to 2 teaspoons hot sauce to taste.
• 14 pour into a 1-quart glass measure (or combine ingredients in glass measure and mash with a mixer or potato masher).
• 15 cover loosely with microwave-safe plastic wrap, leaving vents for steam
• 16 cook in a microwave oven at full power (100%), stirring occasionally, until berry mixture is reduced to 1 1/3 cups, about 8 minutes.
• 17 makes 1 1/3 cups sauce.