Vt Maple Glazed Pork Ribs

This method makes extremely tender, juicy, meat with a beautiful mirror-like glaze. You'll LOVE this recipe - The secret? Brown and Jenkins Cookin' with Coffee Powder.

INGREDIENTS

1 slab ribs
4 tablespoons of Cookin' with Coffee Rub (recipe below)
1 cup apple juice
2 pinches salt
2 teaspoons hot sauce
1/4 cup real maple syrup

COOKIN' WITH COFFEE RUB

1 Tblsp Cookin' with Coffee Powder
3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup paprika
1/4 cup kosher salt
4 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons ground black pepper
2 tablespoons ground ginger powder
2 tablespoons onion powder
2 tablespoons dried rosemary, ground to a powder

Optional. Add up to 2 tablespoons crushed dried chipotle, cayenne, chili powder, or other hot pepper. Be careful with this ingredient. Not everybody likes it as hot as you do! You can leave it out if you are serving to a large crowd that is bound to contain a few wimps, and serve pepper flakes on the side

DIRECTIONS

Skin and trim your ribs. Coat liberally with Cookin' with Coffee Rub. Massage it in. If you can, wrap them in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Pre-cook the ribs for 2 hours in a 250 degree oven , wrapped in foil with the apple juice.

Take the meat out of the foil . Pour the apple juice into a sauce pan. It will be heavily flavored with rub spices. Boil it until about 1/3 cup remains. Add 1/4 cup of maple syrup and heat over medium high until it foams aggressively. Then turn down the heat until it stops foaming and boil until it reduces and thickens almost to the consistency of house paint. Add the salt and hot sauce.

Paint the ribs with one coat of the maple glaze. It should make a thick shiny glaze. Don't use too much. Heat the ribs for a few minutes over the hot part of the grill until they glaze burbles a bit. Keep the lid open and watch them so they don't burn. Serve and enjoy!