Tamarind Glazed Pork Ribs With élans Reggae Tamarind Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients

Pork or beef ribs 

2 tablespoons chopped finely white or yellow onion

4 garlic cloves, chopped finely

salt and black pepper to taste

1 cup reggae tamarind barbecue sauce

Instructions

Place ribs on a large tray and rub all over with chopped onions and garlic salt and black pepper. Cover with plastic wrap. Place in refrigerator for 1/2 hour.

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Roast ribs for 1 1/2 hours. Remove ribs from oven and pour over with reggae tamarind barbecue sauce. Cover with aluminum foil. Return to oven and braise for 1/2 hour.

Heat gas grill at high and reduce to medium heat, about 300 degrees F, when ready to grill. Uncover ribs and pour off remaining liquid. Spread ribs with some more of the reggae tamarind barbecue sauce and grill, turning and brushing and smothering with barbecue sauce, until glazed, about 15 minutes. Let rest for 10 minutes. Cut into 1- and 2-rib sections and serve. Add some extra reggae tamarind barbecue  to the finished ribs. Yield: 4 to 6 servings.

The barbecue sauce also works well with beef or chicken.

élan's Calypso Pepper Jam Glazed Grill Chicken

Ingredients

3 chicken breast

salt fresh cracked black pepper

1/2 cup calypso pepper jam

2 tablespoons orange juice

3-4 table spoons pineapple juice

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

Instructions

Remove any excess fat from the chicken breast and rinse with the juice of 1/2 a lime or lemon and water. Then sprinkle with a little salt and fresh ground black pepper.

THE GLAZE.. put the pepper jam, pineapple juice, dash of salt / pepper, mustard and orange juice and heat on low to medium heat in a saucepan. Using a whisk, blend everything together as it comes to a simmer and allow to thicken (less than 5 minutes). Place this in your metal bbq sauce pan with brush.

Grill your chicken as you would normally do, but don’t start glazing until the last 5 minutes of cooking. If you put the glaze on too early, it will burn before the chicken is fully cooked because of the natural sugars in the glaze.

Heat gas grill at high and reduce to medium heat, about 300 degrees F, when ready to grill.

Cook the chicken (depending on thickness for about 20 minuets or so). During the grilling process flip the chicken a couple times and turn them on the angle to get the lovely grill marks.

Turn the heat down on the BBQ and brush the glaze on to the almost cooked chicken breast a few times. Remember to keep flipping the chicken over a few times for the overall great taste and look.

ENJOY and this Caribbean flavoured glaze will also be great for pork.