serves
6
prep
10 minutes
cook
2 hours
difficulty
Mid
serves
6
people
preparation
10
minutes
cooking
2
hours
difficulty
Mid
level
Ingredients
- 1 garlic bulb, halved
- 4 cm-piece ginger, peeled, thinly sliced
- 1.5 kg baby pork back ribs
Passionfruit sauce
- 375 g (1⅓ cups) tomato sauce
- 185 ml (¾ cup) passionfruit pulp
- 75 g (⅓ cup firmly-packed) brown sugar
- 90 g (¼ cup) runny honey
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp white vinegar
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp Tabasco sauce
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
Drink match Hawaiian margarita: blend together 40 ml Espolon Tequila Blanco ($46) with 20 ml lilikoi concentrate or passioinfruit juice and 3 pineapple wedges. Serve over ice.
Instructions
Place garlic, ginger and ribs in a large saucepan, season with salt and pepper and cover with water. Bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce to low heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove ribs and place on a wire rack set over a tray to drain.
Meanwhile, to make the passionfruit sauce, place the tomato sauce, passionfruit pulp, brown sugar, honey, oyster sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire, Tabasco and garlic in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 40 minutes or until liquid is reduced and syrupy.
Preheat a barbecue or chargrill pan over high heat. Generously brush cooled ribs with passionfruit sauce. Cook ribs, basting and turning every 2 minutes, for 8 minutes or until lightly charred. Serve with remaining passionfruit sauce.
Photography Brett Stevens
As seen in Feast magazine, October 2013, Issue 25. For more recipes and articles, pick up a copy of this month's Feast magazine or check out our great subscriptions offers .
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
