Smoked baby back ribs with black currant BBQ Sauce and Smoked Brie is the perfect recipe for entertaining and the perfect mix of sweet and savoury.
Smoked Baby Back Ribs with Black Currant BBQ Sauce and Smoked Brie
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Food:
Pork
Cuisine
BBQ
Serves:
2 to 4 people
Prep Time:
10 min
Cook Time:
3 hours
This recipe is all about the mix of sweet and savoury: smoked baby back ribs with a sweet black currant bbq sauce with a side of smoked Brie for dipping. Yes, you heard that right, the ribs get dipped into the melted smoked Brie and it is a sweet and savoury bomb of flavour. The bbq sauce is so simple to make, just melt some butter and mix with brown sugar, soy sauce, black pepper, molasses, balsamic vinegar and black currant jam. The ribs go in the Alchemy smoker for three hours, and the result is deliciously tender, sweet, smoky, sticky ribs. The brie also goes into the smoker for a nice light smoked flavour and is topped with chopped almonds, chopped dried cranberries and orange zest. The trick is to pull back some of the skin of the top layer of the brie so the melty insides are exposed, it helps the toppings stick and makes it easier to just dip those ribs right in and get some delicious brie in each bite.
Enjoy!
By:Chef Matt Basile
Ingredients
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2 racks baby back ribs
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¼ cup salt
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¼ cup black pepper
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½ cup brown sugar
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½ lb butter, melted
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½ cup brown sugar
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2 tbsp soy sauce
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1 tbsp molasses
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½ tsp pepper
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3 tbsp black currant jam
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1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
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1 wheel triple cream Brie
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10 to 12 roasted almonds
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2 to 3 tbsp dried cranberries
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1 tsp orange zest
For the rub:
Black Currant BBQ Sauce:
For the Brie:
Instructions
Set smoker to 250F-275F.
Remove the silverskin from your baby back ribs and drizzle with canola oil. In a bowl, mix salt, black pepper and half a cup brown sugar for your rub; apply generously to all sides of your ribs. Place in the smoker for 1 to 1.5 hours.
To make your bbq sauce, melt half a pound of butter. In a bowl, add half a cup brown sugar, soy sauce, molasses, black pepper and add in the melted butter while it’s still hot. Whisk together. Add in the black currant jam, whisk. Add in the balsamic vinegar, whisk.
On your work surface, set up a large piece of alumimum foil with a piece of parchment paper on top. Once your ribs have been smoking for 1 to 1.5 hours, remove from the smoker and place on the parchment, cover in your bbq sauce. Wrap the ribs first in the parchment paper and then in the aluminum foil, place back in the smoker for another 1.5 to 2 hours.
Chop your almonds and dried cranberries and place in a bowl, set aside.
Place the wheel of Brie in the smoker on a piece of parchment paper, smoke for 20 minutes, or until it starts to soften.
Remove your ribs from the smoker once done and cut up. Place on a plate or board in a circle with space in the middle for the brie.
Place the Brie in the centre of the ribs and using tongs or a knife, pull back the top layer of skin on the Brie, allowing the melted cheese to ooze out.
Top the brie with the almonds and dried cranberries. Warm up your left over bbq sauce and pour over the ribs. Garnish with orange zest. Grab a rib and dip it into the melted Brie and dig in.