Tuesday, July 22, 2008

My Gran's BBQ ribs - extra addictive!

So, I gotta say that blogger is a pain in the ass! I have been locked out for weeks!

Anyway, my Gran's ribs. I got the meat on supper sale on Sat, and so yesterday they made their way into the oven! My cooking experience started with a walk down memory lane, and I can safely promise you some more of my Gran's recipes.

Love you Grandma.

Oh Happy Day! My house smelled ammazzzzzing! Give it a try, you'll be sorry!

1 c water
2/3 c white vinegar
2/3 c ketchup
1/2 c brown sugar
2 tbsp of corn starch and some cold water to mix it in

So, I doubled the recipe, and it was great - for the brown sugar, I used 1/2 c of golden sugar, and 1/4 each of dark brown sugar, and even darker brown sugar. What a taste! The dark and darker sugar really (positively) effected the sauce!

First off, I seared the meat and scored the backs of them. (With S $ P)and layed them out in my roaster 1 layer deep (think this makes a difference in how the sauce gets later, so get a bigger roasting pan!) and set the oven to 325 F.

Mix everything except the corn starch into a med pot and boil it up, then mix the cornstarch and water, and add it to the pot. Let it thicken (wisk it here girls) and over the ribs it goes.

I had no propane for the BBQ, so into the oven they went, all afternoon. oh, my .......

Wish I had a photo everyone, cause it was GLORIOUS! Served the crack with rice and steamed brocolli and the husband was happy! (Happy meaty tummy ;-) )

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Who put the crack in my Extraordinary Cheese Dip?

Is it just me or is everyone else having a hard time resisting this one? I swear, I've made it probably around 6 times since that last Epicure party and that's a bit excessive I'm thinking. I made it last night in some of my medium sized ramekins (because my casserole dish has beef stew in it). I left it in for the usual amount of time which was technically a mistake because you have to adjust for shorter cooking times when you change the size of the cookware but O... M... G... The sides and bottom caramelized a bit and had this lovely smoky cheese flavour beyond what it usually does. Yay mistakes!

We're going to have to pin Dayna down and make her tell us which ingredient has the crack hidden in it. I'm thinking that it's the Bacon, Cheese and Chive Dip mix but then again, the Lemon Dilly jar is almost empty...

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