Hot Oven Barbecued Ribs

Total Time: 7 hrs Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 lemons
• 1 cup chopped sweet green pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 2 cups tomato puree
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup hot sauce (i used tabasco)
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
• 6 lbs whole lamb spareribs
• 2 cups distilled vinegar

Recipe

• 1 squeeze juice from lemons into blender or food processor.
• 2 slice lemon rinds and set aside.
• 3 add green pepper, onion and celery to blender and puree.
• 4 transfer mixture to 3-quart saucepan.
• 5 stir in tomato puree, sugar, hot sauce, red pepper flakes and reserved lemon rinds.
• 6 simmer covered for 20 minutes.
• 7 discard rinds (can be refrigerated for 2 weeks).
• 8 rub ribs with salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes in a large glass-baking dish.
• 9 pour vinegar over ribs.
• 10 refrigerate covered at least 4 hours or overnight.
• 11 remove ribs from marinade and place in a shallow roasting pan.
• 12 roast at 350°f for 1½ hours.
• 13 increase oven temperature to 400°f.
• 14 roast for 30 minutes.
• 15 during last 15 minutes of cooking, baste with 2 cups of the barbecue sauce.