Pineapple Queen Ribs Recipe

Instructions

1. Step 1

   Start by making the rum barbecue sauce. Melt the butter in a small pan then add the garlic. Stir for 5 minutes on a medium-low heat, taking care not to burn the garlic | Ingredients: 1 oz of salted butter , 2 garlic cloves, minced

2. Step 2

   Add the tomato purée and cook down into the butter with the garlic, stirring constantly for a further 4–5 minutes | Ingredients: 2 tbsp of tomato purée

3. Step 3

   Deglaze with the rum for a minute, then add the rest of the ingredients, whisking each one in. Turn the temperature down to a simmer for 15 minutes until thickened. Set aside | Ingredients: 2 1/2 fl oz of aged rum , 3 1/2 fl oz of ketchup , 2 fl oz of light soy sauce , 2 fl oz of Worcestershire sauce , 1 tsp Dijon mustard , 8 oz of soft brown sugar , 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

4. Step 4

   Pat the ribs dry with a paper towel. Remove the membrane from the bone side of the ribs by sliding a butter knife under the first rib until the membrane lifts. Using a paper towel, pull the membrane off completely. USA ribs tend to be cut ‘St Louis’ style, into a long, even rectangle with very little – if any – fat that needs trimming, but remove any excess if you have it | Ingredients: 1 rack of USA pork spare ribs

5. Step 5

   Apply the American mustard all over the front and back of the ribs then dust generously all over in your favourite barbecue rub. Set aside while you prepare your pineapple | Ingredients: 2 tbsp of American mustard , 1 1/16 oz of barbecue spice rub

6. Step 6

   Prepare the pineapple by first cutting the top, leafy part off. Set it aside – you’ll need this for presentation | Ingredients: 1 pineapple

7. Step 7

   Remove the green, outer skin from the pineapple exposing the yellow pineapple flesh. Brush the rum all over followed by the maple syrup | Ingredients: 1 2/3 fl oz of aged rum , 4 tbsp of maple syrup

8. Step 8

   Next, wrap your prepared ribs around the pineapple, bone side flush with the pineapple. Secure with butcher's twine or wooden skewers

9. Step 9

   Preheat your kettle barbecue to 120°C/250°F, and set it up for indirect cooking. This means that the coals are all banked to one side of the grill and the pineapple-wrapped ribs are on the opposite side. Add soaked wood chips or wood chunks if you’d like at this stage, cherry wood works really well with pork

10. Step 10

    Continue to cook indirectly until the internal temperature of the meat reaches 80°C/176°F, about 2 hours

11. Step 11

    Remove the ribs and place on two layers of foil. Gather the sides of the foil, wrapping the ribs in a foil parcel, but leave a small hole in the top four pouring in some seasonings

12. Step 12

    Mix together the apple juice with 50 ml rum barbecue sauce, then pour into the hole | Ingredients: 1 2/3 fl oz of apple juice

13. Step 13

    Place back on the barbecue for another hour, or until they have reached 93°C/200°F internally

14. Step 14

    Uncover the ribs, and drain off the braising juices into the rest of your rum barbecue sauce. Place your ribs on a small oven tray and brush liberally with the sauce

15. Step 15

    Return to the barbecue for 15 minutes to set the sauce into a glaze

16. Step 16

    Remove the ribs from the heat and cool for 10 minutes before serving. Secure the leafy top back onto the pineapple with wooden skewers. Slice each rib through, then add a slice of the steamed pineapple alongside a small bowl of the barbecue sauce

17. Step 17

    NOTE: You can also make this in an oven. Preheat the oven to 130°C/265°F and cook the ribs on a wire rack set over a roasting tray. Cook the ribs to temperature and tenderness, not time, as the oven cooks hotter and faster than the barbecue