Blackberry Ribs

Never a summer goes by without making this dish for eating out on the deck. The sweet flavor of blackberries only compliment spare ribs and we love eating them outdoors as it can be a bit messy...

Ingredients:
1 rack of pork ribs (serves 3 or 4)
1 ¼ cups rinsed blackberries
¼ cup each; ketchup, honey, firmly packed brown sugar, minced ginger
1t pepper
1/2t salt
1 or 2t hot sauce to taste (optional)

Recipe:
Pre-heat oven to 450.
Combine all of the ingredients in a blender, or mash with a potato masher.
Put sauce ingredients into a small saucepan and cook on low heat until the mixture reduces a bit. (5 min.)
Cook the ribs for 30min. and baste with sauce. Turn the rack over
after 15 more minutes and baste the other side. Ribs will cook for a total of one hour, basting every 15 minutes with sauce.
Serve the remainder of the sauce with the ribs on the side.

The taste? Absolutely dazzling…