Sunday, March 6, 2011

Beef Ribs

It's a nice day on the Island and I found a rack of beef ribs in the freezer. Since the rotisserie was still out from the bison roast last week I figure why not.....Also decided to make black beans in beer, fire roasted salsa, and homemade corn tortillas. Pretty good dinner!

Started by salting the ribs for a couple hours. My bbq partner Hilo was a little tired.....
Made a paste by roasting seven Aji Amarillo peppers
Ground them up and mixed with 2 tablespoons onion powder, 1 tablespoons garlic powder, 1 tablespoon tumeric, and a tablespoon of savory
Mix in enough rice vinegar to make a paste
Spread it over by sides of a rack of beef ribs
Fire up our fancy grill old faithful! Definately nothing fancy to make great food here!
Right onto the rotiss they go
After about an hour
Resting for about half an hour
Time to make the salsa. Take 3 tomatoes, 2 jalapenos, 1/2 an onion, and 3/4 a head of garlic. roast them on the grill until they are slightly charred and cooked through
Place it all into a blender jar and puree leaving a few chunks here and there.
Stir in 1.5 tablespoons of cilantro and 1 tablespoon of cider vinegar and voila the salsa is good to go in about the time it takes the meat to rest!
The beans have to be made ahead. These babies were cooked for 6 hours at 300 degrees.
Mix a couple cups of beans with a tablespoon savory, 1/2 tablespoon celery seed, teaspoon cumin, 1/2 teaspoon all spice, and 12 dried serrano secco peppers
Stir in 350 mililiters of strained tomatoes
Now it's time to add one sauteed onion and four cloves of garlic (sauteed for about 60 seconds with the onion)
Mix in two cans of beer
You'll have to add a little water a couple times during the cook, just take from time to time
To make the tortillas take some corn masa and mix in just enough water for the masa to come together. Kneed it for a minute or so until it forms a ball.
Take a golf ball size piece of masa and place it on a tortilla press between two sheets of parchment
Toss the tortilla on to a hot ungreased cast iron skillet
Flip it when it starts to blister, when the second side has as well you're done!
A single tortilla, beef rib, beans, and topped with the salsa
A picture of one where you can see the beauty of the meat!
And here it is served! Great with a home brewed pumpkin ale!

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