Spare Ribs Filled and Baked

Ingredients

• 2 long pieces of spare ribs
• 1 tablespoonful salt
• 2 ounces melted butter
• 1 cupful boiling water
• y tablespoonful cornstarch

Method

1. 1

   Wash and dry the spare ribs, season inside and outside with salt.

2. 2

   Cover one piece with dressing, lay the other over, and sew together.

3. 3

   Roast in a pan with melted butter until light brown, basting with its own gravy.

4. 4

   Add boiling water and roast for about 1.5 hours until done.

5. 5

   Remove threads, prepare gravy with cornstarch, and serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from European and American cuisine (1914) by Lemcke, Mrs. Gesine Knubel, page 230. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Spare Rlbs^ Filled and Baked.— Take 2 long pieces of spare ribs, wash and wipe them dry ; season inside and outside with 1 table- spoonful salt, cover 1 piece with a dressing described below, lay the other over the dressing and sew together. Lay in a roasting pan, pour over 2 ounces melted butter, place in a hot oven, roast until light brown, basting the meat well with its own gravy ; then add 1 cupful boiling water, roasting and basting about Vff hour till done. When done lay the ribs on a warm dish, take out the threads ; re- move the fat from gravy, mix Vg tablespoonfnl cornstarch with 1 gill of cold water, add it to the gravy, stir and cook 2 minutes ; add sufiicient boiling water to make a creamy sauce, then strain and serve. Apple Dbessiko. — Pare and quarter 6 large greening apples, remove the core, and place the apples in a saucepan over the fire, add 1 ounce butter, 1 tablespoonfnl sugar, 1 cupful raisins, 1 table- spoonfnl apple or currant jelly, cook 8 minutes over the fire ; shake the saucepan, then remove, and when cold add 1 cupful fresh grated PORE. 848 bread cntmbs and 1 egg ; use as directed. (In place of ibis dress- ing, a forcemeat or bread dressing may be used.) Spare Ribs with Sauerkraut. — Procure 3 pounds fresh spare ribs and wash them in cold water. Put 3 pints of sauerkraut in a saucepan, lay the spare ribs on top of the kraut, coyer all with boil- ing water ; place the saucepan over the fire, and cook slowly till done, which will take iVs hour. Shortly before serving, lay the spare ribs on a warm dish, and add to the kraut 1 large grated raw potato, previously peeled and washed, cook 10 minutes ; then serve with mashed potatoes. Pigs' Tails witli Sauerkraut. — Cooked the same a£ with spare ribs. Potted Spare Bibs. — Take 3 pounds fresh spare ribs, wash and wipe dry ; then season with 1 even tablespoonf ul salt, 1 even teaspoonful pepper. Place a saucepan with Ys tablespoonful lard and Vs tablespoonful butter over the fire, put in the meat, and cook till the spare ribs begin to brown, turning often ; add Y^ cupful boiling water, cover and cook till done ; if the water boils away, add more water (they require about 1 hour's cooking). When done transfer the ribs to a hot dish ; remove the fat from gravy, mix Ys tablespoonful cornstarc

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