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Rosticciana - Tuscan grilled pork ribs
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Saw this in the new Cook's Illustrated. Very minimalist, no rub other than salt-n-pepper, no sauce while the meat is cooking, and the meat is grilled, not barbequed. This is the way Dad made spareribs, with Kingsford lit with Texaco 88-octane!
I rubbed spares with salt and black pepper, then let 'em sit in the frig for two hours. Cooked raised-direct, 350º, hickory smoke, and pulled them after 30 minutes, between 175 and 185. Grilled radicchio with balsamic vinegar, home-made potato salad, and bell pepper slices rounded out the meal.

They weren't much to look at. And I didn't care for them the first bite or two, but I think my tongue was expecting "barbequed ribs" and these are just different. They were juicy! They were JUICY!! The juiciest ribs I've ever had, easily a 4-napkin meal. The moistness is mostly water-based juice, as they're cooked so quickly and not long enough for any collagen to melt, as in barbeque. And the flavor, once my tongue adjusted, was excellent. I definitely had to "bite" the meat off the bone, but once in my mouth they were very, very tender. Oh, and did I mention how juicy they were?
Two issues. Mine were not nearly as browned as the pics in CI; next time I'll grill them direct, not raised (I noted mine took 30 minutes, and CI's took 20 minutes). I'll be reheating the leftovers very close to a HOT fire, to try to get a bit more crust on them.
The second issue was the finishing sauce. it was 2 minced garlic cloves and 1 tsp minced fresh rosemary in 1/4 cup EVOO, heated in the microwave for 30 seconds, and then 2 Tblspns lemon juice added. There were no binders in it, and sure enough mine stayed separated; the pic in the magazine it looked viscous and like salad dressing, wondering if they missed an ingredient. It was delicious, and complemented these ribs perfectly, just looked different. I will be making these again, very nice change for ribs.
Thanks for looking!
I rubbed spares with salt and black pepper, then let 'em sit in the frig for two hours. Cooked raised-direct, 350º, hickory smoke, and pulled them after 30 minutes, between 175 and 185. Grilled radicchio with balsamic vinegar, home-made potato salad, and bell pepper slices rounded out the meal.

They weren't much to look at. And I didn't care for them the first bite or two, but I think my tongue was expecting "barbequed ribs" and these are just different. They were juicy! They were JUICY!! The juiciest ribs I've ever had, easily a 4-napkin meal. The moistness is mostly water-based juice, as they're cooked so quickly and not long enough for any collagen to melt, as in barbeque. And the flavor, once my tongue adjusted, was excellent. I definitely had to "bite" the meat off the bone, but once in my mouth they were very, very tender. Oh, and did I mention how juicy they were?
Two issues. Mine were not nearly as browned as the pics in CI; next time I'll grill them direct, not raised (I noted mine took 30 minutes, and CI's took 20 minutes). I'll be reheating the leftovers very close to a HOT fire, to try to get a bit more crust on them.
The second issue was the finishing sauce. it was 2 minced garlic cloves and 1 tsp minced fresh rosemary in 1/4 cup EVOO, heated in the microwave for 30 seconds, and then 2 Tblspns lemon juice added. There were no binders in it, and sure enough mine stayed separated; the pic in the magazine it looked viscous and like salad dressing, wondering if they missed an ingredient. It was delicious, and complemented these ribs perfectly, just looked different. I will be making these again, very nice change for ribs.
Thanks for looking!
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Ogden, UT, USA
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I make these every once in a while to change things up
https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a7670/tuscan-style-spareribs-balsamic-glaze-recipe-8635/
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