Cherry-glazed Grilled Lamb Ribs

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 (12 ounce) cans cherry cola, flat (pour cherry cola into large pot and let sit until it is no longer fizzy, about 4 hours)
• 2 cups cherry jam or 2 cups preserves
• 2/3 cup dijon horseradish mustard
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon hot sauce
• 8 lbs lamb spareribs

Recipe

• 1 simmer flat cherry cola until reduced to 1-1/2 cups (about 45 minutes).
• 2 add next 5 ingredients.
• 3 simmer until reduced to about 2-1/2 cups.
• 4 put in large bowl, cover, and refrigerate.
• 5 (can be done up to 1 week ahead.) preheat oven to 325.
• 6 place oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven.
• 7 salt& pepper spare ribs.
• 8 wrap each rack of ribs tightly in heavy-duty foil, sealing well.
• 9 put each rack on a rimmed baking sheet.
• 10 place each sheet on rack in oven.
• 11 bake until tender, switching racks midway, about 2 hours total.
• 12 remove from oven.
• 13 allow to cool a bit.
• 14 drain drippings from foil.
• 15 wrap up in foil again and refrigerate.
• 16 (can be done 1 day ahead. remove from refrigerator about 1 hour before proceeding.) reserve 1 cup of glaze from large bowl; set aside.
• 17 cut racks into individual ribs and add to large bowl of glaze.
• 18 toss to coat.
• 19 (it’s kind of hard to toss; i just painted the ribs using a bbq brush.) put ribs on medium charcoal grill for about 5-10 minutes, turning often so they won’t burn.
• 20 serve, passing extra glaze.