Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients
- 3/4 – 1 cup BBQ sauce
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup from Canada
- 1 slab baby back ribs, about 1 ¼ pounds
- Coarse salt and cracked black pepper
Directions
Pre-heat oven to 400°.
Pour BBQ sauce into a small non-reactive bowl. Whisk in pure maple syrup. Taste and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Season baby back ribs with salt and pepper. Place in 7 x 11 inch baking pan or directly on your oven broiler pan.
Cover tightly with foil. Bake one hour. Remove from oven, discard foil and pour off liquid that has accumulated in pan bottom.
Pour BBQ sauce over ribs, turning once, covering both sides evenly. Return to oven for ten minutes.
Remove from oven. Cut between ribs, distribute ribs evenly plates. Serve immediately.
Maple BBQ Sauce
Don’t let the length of the ingredient list put you off! This sauce really is quick to prepare.
Before You Shop This sauce freezes well so consider making a double or triple batch. Divide the completely cooled sauce into meal size portions and package in freezer safe zipper bags. Defrost in the refrigerator the night before serving
Yield: Makes 1 ½ cups
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 6 Tablespoons finely chopped onion (about one small onion)
- 1 clove of minced garlic
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup ketchup
- ¼ cup water
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tablespoon pure maple syrup from Canada
- ½ teaspoon Tabasco
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon celery seed
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
Directions
In a small saucepan, heat olive oil over medium high heat until hot, but not smoking.
Add onions, garlic and the bay leaf. Reduce heat to low and cook covered until onions soften, about 6-8 minutes.
Whisk in remaining ingredients; lemon juice, ketchup, water, Worcestershire sauce, pure maple syrup, Tabasco, black pepper, celery seed and allspice to the pot.
Bring to a boil, immediately reduce heat to a simmer and cook ten minutes or until onions have softened completely and the sauce has thickened to desired consistency.
For leftovers:
Baby Back Rib Pasta for Four
Cook pasta according to package instructions. Reserve one cup of cooking liquid.
When pasta is cooked, drain and pour back into pot with reserved cup of pasta water. Season noodles to taste with salt.
Cook ribs according to recipe instructions. When cool enough to handle, remove meat and sauce from bones directly to pot with pasta and water. Toss evenly to coat. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
