Tuesday, April 14, 2009

*Memphis-Style Barbecued Ribs by:Hannah

Ingredient
3 lb Racks baby back ribs
2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Coarse ground black pepper
2 Tbs Apple sauce
1/2 cup Red wine vinegar
1 whole small Onion, chopped (you can also use 1/4 cup dried onion flakes)
2 cloves Garlic-minced
1/8 tsp cloves (or 2 whole clove stems)
1/4 cup Yellow Mustard
1/2 cup Brown sugar, packed
2 Tbs white sugar
1/2 cup Ketchup
1 Tbs Lemon juice
1 t Louisiana hot sauce (or any hot sauce)
2 cups classic BBQ sauce (or any BBQ sauce you like)

Trim as much fat as possible from ribs.

Combine all the ingredience but the BBQ sauce in a bowl, and blend until smooth. Taste it and ajust where you think it may need or leave as is. Then place the ribs in your crock pot and pour the sauce (not the BBQ sauce) over the ribs and turn to a low and cook for 4-6 hours (if ribs are frozen cook for 6-8 hours)When serving smother the ribs in the classical BBQ sauce and enjoy!

Prep time: 10 min
cook time: 6 hours
cooking level: easy

Personal Comments:

I loved this recipe, the meat had extra flavor and cooked in a crock pot it just melted off the bone, so tender. I give this a 5 stars out of 5 stars

Monday, April 13, 2009

*Honey Spice glazed Ham by:Hannah

Ingredients:
1-2 cups honey
1 pinch at a time of Spice Rub, recipe follows
1 pre cooked spiral ham
1can Mandarin oranges

Mix together the following ingredients in a small bowl

Spice Rub mix:
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 pinch of coriander powder
1 tbs black pepper
1 ½ tbs red pepper flakes (you can you less if you don’t want it to spicy)
1/4 cup California chili powder (any sweeter chili powder will do)- if you don’t have a sweet chiliyou can put 1 tbs chili powder and 2 tbs brown sugar
1 tbs thyme
1 tsp salt
1 tbs ground Cinnamon

Directions:
After mixing all the Spice rub ingredients and set to the side, you’ll need another mixing bowl to place the honey in. Now sprinkle a little of your Spice rub mix at a time- taste each time, keep adding till you like the taste (remember you can always add to something, but it’s harder to take away)

Pre heat oven to 350

Place spiral ham on a cutting board and slice each slice of ham. Place pieces of ham in a casserole dish and glaze with the honey mix. Add one can of mandarin oranges with juices evenly over ham slices. Place ham in oven for 10-20 min glaze the ham half way through.

Prep time: 5-10 min

Cook time: 10-20 min

Cooking level: Easy



Personal comments:

This was a good way to cook ham i'm not a big ham fan but i liked this one i'll give it a 4 1/2 stars out of 5 stars