Barbecue ribs.
Took me a while to get BBQ ribs right, but have had a bit of success recently. It's a bit of a faff, but if you like ribs, worth the trouble.

Get racks of baby back ribs from Sainsbury's or wherever. The butchers counter usually has them unfrozen.

1. If you can, remove the very thin silvery looking membrane that covers the meat. It can be tricky, but persevere, it really has to go. It'll rip away, but takes a good pull to do.

2. Make a rub for the ribs. I use equal parts soft brown sugar, paprika, salt + ground black pepper.

Rub it over both sides of the ribs.

3. Put ribs in a low heat oven, on the middle shelf in a baking pan. On the lower shelf, put another pan with some kind of liquid. I use cider, but water will do. It's just to keep a bit of moisutre in the oven, to stop the ribs drying out.

4. Let them do their thing for a couple of hours. Keep an eye on them, so long as the over isn't too hot, they'll just happily cook.

5. When the meat has shrunk back from the bones about 1cm, they're about ready.

6. Brush on some of your favourite barbecue sauce (I like the Paul Newman sticky BBQ one), and bung them on the barbie for a few minutes. Turn them frequently to stop the sauce burning. When they're ready, brush on a bit more BBQ sauce and serve.
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