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    • Cheat Days / Bake it Instead

    Sweet & Sour Spare Ribs

    Ingredients

    1 rack of pork ribs

    1 thumb size piece of Ginger

    3 cloves garlic

    Dry Rub

    2 tsp Sichuan peppercorns

    5–6 star anise

    ½ tsp ground cloves

    1 tbsp ground Chinese cinnamon

    1 tbsp ground fennel seeds

    ½ tsp sea salt (optional)

    The Glaze

    Juice of 3 mandarins

    Juice of ½ lime

    A handful of dried mandarin peel

    2 tbsp maple syrup

    honey

    1 ½ tbsp tomato paste

    Preparation

    Place all of the "Dry Rub" into a pestle and mortar and grind into a finely ground spice mix. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and place the ribs on top.

    Finely slice the garlic and ginger and then rub all over the rack of ribs along with the "Dry Rub".

    Mix all "The Glaze" together ready for later.

    Cooking

    Preheat the oven to 150°C. Place the baking tray of ribs into the oven and roast for 45 minutes. Then remove the ribs, turn the heat up to 230°C and pour the glaze over the top of them. Roast for a further 5–6 minutes, turn once and roast again to char both sides of the rack of ribs. Serve