This is sticky finger food at its very best.  This recipe is from our cookbook author of the week, Diana Henry.  Rather than roasting, try cooking these tasty ribs on a braai, or smoke in a kettlebraai, as we do at Wickedfood Cooking School, in our outdoor cooking class. Also try the marinade with chicken wings or drumsticks.

±3kg rack pork spare ribs

5 cloves garlic, crushed

1T  Tabasco

4cm ginger, peeled and very finely chopped

¾ cup syrup or molasses

½ cup honey

3T  balsamic glaze

2½T  Dijon mustard

1½T  Worcestershire sauce

¼ cup bourbon or whiskey

1. Mix all the ingredients (except the ribs) together. If you have time, pour two-thirds of the liquid over the ribs, rubbing it in well, and leave them to marinate overnight. If not, preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Line two or three big roasting tins with foil and paint the ribs on both sides with the glaze, keeping back about a third to add during cooking.
3. Arrange the racks meat-side up in the tins, making sure they don’t touch. Roast for 30 minutes then reduce the heat to 140°C and cook the ribs for another 1½ hours, basting with glaze from time to time.
4. Add the last bit of glaze 20 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Cut into individual ribs and serve.

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