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      Title: Milk & Honey Ribs
 Categories: Bbq, Pork, Dairy, Mushrooms
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      2    Racks baby back ribs; 4-5 lb
    1/4 c  Extra-virgin olive oil
    3/4 c  Chopped rosemary leaves
    3/4 c  Chopped sage leaves
      3 cl Garlic; peeled, chopped
           Coarse sea salt & pepper
    1/2    Sweet onion; thin sliced
      2    Bay leaves
      2 tb Red wine vinegar
    1/2 c  Honey
      2 c  Whole milk
      1 c  Heavy cream
    1/2 lb Fresh porcini or cremini
           - mushrooms; opt
 
  If the butcher has not removed the membrane on the back
  of each rib rack, gently pry it up by sliding a sharp
  implement (like the tip of an instant-read thermometer)
  under it, then lifting gently. Grab the membrane with a
  paper towel and peel it off. Place the ribs in a baking
  dish and rub them on both sides with 2 tablespoons of the
  oil. Sprinkle both sides with rosemary, sage, garlic and
  generous amounts of salt & pepper. Arrange onion under
  and over the ribs, top each rack with a bay leaf, and
  drizzle with the vinegar. Refrigerate, covered, 6 to
  12 hours.
  
  Heat the oven to 350ºF/175ºC. Pour the remaining oil
  into a roasting pan large enough to hold the ribs side
  by side. Put the pan in the oven for 5 minutes. Add the
  ribs, rounded side up, along with the seasonings, onions
  and garlic. Roast for 30 minutes. Drizzle with the honey
  and roast 10 more minutes. Turn the ribs over and pour
  the milk and cream over them. Roast for 1 more hour.
  
  At this point, if using the mushrooms, wipe with a damp
  paper towel and trim off the stem ends. Cut into 1/4"
  slices. Turn the ribs over, rounded side up again.
  Arrange the mushrooms on top. Spoon any pan juices over
  the top and continue roasting, basting occasionally, 30
  minutes to 1 hour more. If the meat starts to brown too
  much, press a sheet of parchment paper or aluminum foil
  on top.
  
  When the ribs are cooked, the meat will have shrunk back
  from the ends of the bones by 1/4" to 1/2" and the ribs
  should be tender enough to pull apart with your fingers.
  Cut the ribs into 1 or 2 bone sections and serve at once
  with the optional roasted mushrooms.
  
  Yield: 4 servings
  
  Adapted from Cesare Giaccone; Osteria dei Cacciatori
  Albaretto della Torre, Italy
  
  From: 
http://www.nytimes.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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