Lamb Spareribs & Sauerkraut

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lamb spare rib racks
• salt and pepper
• 2 -3 lbs sauerkraut, canned, drained
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, mashed
• 1/3 cup barbecue sauce, bottled
• 1/2 cup catsup
• 1 teaspoon liquid hot pepper sauce
• 1 cup plum jelly or 1 cup jam
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard

Recipe

• 1 sauce: in a saucepan, cook onion and garlic in a little oil just until onion is transparent.
• 2 add all remaining ingredients and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
• 3 reserve a small amount of sauce for the final preperation.
• 4 ribs: cut ribs into serving size pieces (1 or 2 ribs each).
• 5 put flour, salt and pepper in a sack.
• 6 drop a few ribs at a time in the sack and shake to coat.
• 7 repeat with all ribs.
• 8 in a large heavy skillet, melt bacon drippings, or use vegetable oil, and brown all the ribs.
• 9 place only a few in the skillet at a time so as not to overcrowd.
• 10 prepare a large roasting pan by placing a flat rack in the bottom.
• 11 over the rack, place a piece of aluminum foil, large enough to cover the bottom and come up both sides, plus enough to wrap up over all ribs in the pan.
• 12 use a fork to poke numerous small holes in the bottom of the foil, over the rack, to allow grease to drip through to the pan bottom.
• 13 place all of the drained sauerkraut on the bottom foil, forming a bed for the ribs.
• 14 over the kraut, place the browned lamb ribs.
• 15 distribute the remainder of the sauce over the ribs.
• 16 pull the aluminum foil over the ribs and fold the ends together to seal, allowing the meat to steam while cooking.
• 17 place all in a 350° oven for about 3 hours covered with foil, then open the foil and cook an additional 30 to 45 minutes uncovered.
• 18 test to insure that the ribs are very tender.
• 19 to serve, place ribs on a large platter and the sauerkraut in a separate bowl.
• 20 heat the reserved sauce and paint the finished ribs as they are being served.