Recipe Category: Moroccan
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Ingredients
- 2 sides spareribs or your favorite ribs
MOROCCAN GLAZE
- zest from 2 lemons — finely minced.
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons sweet paprika
- 2 teaspoons cayenne or crushed red pepper flakes — (2 to 3)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 cloves garlic — finely minced
- 2 green onions green and white parts — finely minced
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro sprigs
- 1/2 cup chopped mint leaves
Method
- Place the ribs, meaty side down, on a flat surface.
- Using your fingernail, loosen a little of the membrane along the end of the last rib bone.
- Then, grasp the membrane firmly with a paper towel (so that the membrane doesn’t slip from your grip).
- Holding the ribs down with the other hand, pull the membrane away.
- If it doesn’t pull away in one piece, dislodge any remaining membrane, grip it with a paper towel, and pull the membrane away.
- Then place the ribs in a rectangular dish or baking pan.
- To make the glaze, combine all the glaze ingredients and stir well.
Makes 2 cups.
- Coat the ribs evenly on both sides with the glaze.
- Marinate the ribs, refrigerated, for at least 15 minutes.
- For more flavor marinate for up to 8 hours,.
- If using a gas barbecue, preheat it to medium (325F).
- If using charcoal or wood, prepare a fire.
- When the coals or wood are ash covered, push them to the outside of the grill.
- Place a pan of water in the bottom of the grill among the coals, and cover the coals with the cooking grate.
- Place a rib rack on the cooking grate and add the ribs.
- Alternatively, brush the cooking grate with a flavorless cooking oil, such as safflower oil, and then lay the ribs meaty side up in the center of the grill.
- Cover the grill.
- Regulate the heat so it remains at a medium temperature.
- Occasionally during cooking, baste the ribs with extra marinade.
- Grill the ribs until the meat begins to shrink from the ends of the rib bones.
Approximate Grilling Times.pork baby back ribs and country-style spareribs, 75 minutes; spareribs and beef ribs, 90 minutes; lamb ribs, 40 minutes.
- Occasionally during cooking, baste the ribs with extra glaze, stopping 15 minutes before removing the ribs from the grill.
- To serve, cut each side of ribs in half, into 3 sections, or into individual ribs, Transfer to a heated serving platter or 4 heated dinner plates and serve at once.
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