A tempting sweet and spicy sauce for grilled marinated short ribs.

Grilled Marinated Short Ribs with Spicy Fruit Barbecue Sauce
Servings
Ingredients
- 2 :large red onions sliced thinly
- 8 :cloves garlic chopped
- 2 :ripe mangoes peeled and cut into large chunks
- 3 :ripe plums pitted, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 2 :ripe peaches pitted, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 2-16 oz.:cans whole peeled tomatoes with their juices
- 1-6 oz.:can tomato paste
- 1/2 cup:rice vinegar
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup:harissa or favorite hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon:ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon:ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons:fresh grated ginger
- 1/2 cup:neutral flavored oil canola or olive oil, not Extra Virgin
- 10 pounds:of short ribs cut into individual pieces on the bone ask your butcher for ENGLISH CUT
- Juice and zest of:2 lemons
- 1/3 cup:olive oil
- 2 cloves:of garlic crushed
- 1/4 cup:chopped flat leaf parsley
Instructions
Preparation
- Place a large sauce pan over medium low heat. Lightly coat the bottom of the pan with olive oil. Add the onions and garlic and slowly cook until golden brown (about 15-20 minutes).
- Add the fruit, tomatoes with their juices, tomato paste, vinegar, harissa and spices.
- Cook over medium heat until the mixture is very fragrant and the fruit is soft (about 30 minutes).
- Cool the mixture completely. Puree the mixture in a blender or food processor in batches, or use an immersion blender.
- Add the fresh herbs and oil. Slowly simmer for about 15 minutes until the flavors have melded.
- The sauce can be stored covered in the refrigerator for 5 days or frozen for 2 months.
- Combine the ribs, lemon juice and zest, olive oil, garlic and parsley and place in a storage container with tight fitting lid or large Ziploc bag.
- Marinate the short ribs at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the grill to medium low heat or oven to 275 degrees F.
- Place the short ribs on the grill and grill until the meat is very tender, turning the ribs as necessary (about 1-1/2 – 2 hours).
- During the last 1/2 hour, brush the ribs with the barbecue sauce.
- Serve the ribs with plenty of extra sauce.
Tips
- Serve the ribs hot off the grill or tent them with foil and eat them at room temperature. They will also travel well to a picnic. Be sure to bring extra sauce.
- Contributed by: Jewish Cooking For All Seasons by LAURA FRANKEL
- I love the play of sweet fruit and spicy flavors. It is a palate opener that keeps your taste buds tingling bite after bite. Sometimes a sauce is too cloying and your palate becomes saturated. Not with this sauce. Pick the ripest fruit you can find and use as much harissa as you dare. This is a great dish as the components can all be done ahead of time.











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