Ribs for Barb's Birthday

[Mary Teal]

Happy Belated Birthday, Barb!
That pie looks delicious as well as the ribs! And the roses..well, they are beautiful, and full of love!

 

[Barb D]

Happy Birthday Barb.

Rich the ribs look fantastic, care to share your homemade rub that you have used exclusively on your ribs for over thirty years?

Barb I have a sweet tooth and that pie and carmel ice cream looks delicious.

Rich is a lucky man, now go have another glass of wine and enjoy you Birthday.

For all those who requested the pie recipe here it is:

Strawberry Raspberry Pie

Your favorite pie crust or refrigerator crust for 9" pie
2 cups each strawberries, raspberries fresh or frozen
2/3 cup sugar
4 Tbsp. corn starch
2 Tbsp. orange marmalade
1 egg, beat with 1 Tbsp. water
1 Tbsp. sliced almonds (optional)
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 425F
Place bottom crust in pie plate.

Cut stems off strawberries and cut in half or in fourths if they are large. Put rinsed fresh berries in large bowl, add sugar and cornstarch. Stir the marmalade with a spoon until its thin, then add to berries. Mix gently with large spoon. If using frozen fruit, just thaw slightly and pour off liquid, before adding sugar, cornstarch and marmalade. Pour into pie crust.

If doing a lattice pie, roll out crust and cut strips with pizza cutter and arrange in lattice pattern over filling. Pinch and seal edges and flute. Brush with egg and water mixture and sprinkle with almonds, if desired.
Bake 10 mins. then reduce to 350 and bake 40 minutes. Let cool completely on wire rack.

Whisk powdered sugar, water and vanilla in small bowl until smooth. Drizzle over pie.

Note: For making a 2 crust pie, seal the edges, flute and make a couple slits in center of top crust to allow heat to escape. Also let the pie rest a few hours before serving and it will slice up nicely.

Hope you enjoy.
Barb

 

[Doug Selman]

A late Happy B-day to you Barb! Looks like it was a special meal, thanks for sharing the recipes and all the great posts!

 

[JeffG]

Here ya go Jeff. It's a simple rub that I feel adds to the ribs and doesn't hide the flavor of the pork.

Rich’s Baby Back Rub

¾ cup packed golden brown sugar
¼ cup paprika
2 1/2 TBLS course salt
2 ½ TBLS ground black pepper
1 TBLS onion powder
½ - 1 TSP cayenne pepper

This will do about 2-3 racks of baby back ribs. If you desire you can double or triple the recipe as it stores well.

Rich:

Thank you, your rub sounds like a winner, no wonder you have used it for over 30 years.

Barb im not a baker but thanks for the recipe, i copied it for my next door neighbor Mimi who loves to bake.
I just supply the ice creme.

Carry on.

 

[David WY]

Belated Happy Birthday Barb, you are a lucky girl with that kind of meal for your Birthday. It all looks great !!!