Hi Guys

Well I am back, sort of, so I thought I had better write a whole lot of recipes and ideas to keep you all going for while I am away!

The cyclone seems to have veered off it's course (once again) thank heavens, and the weather seems to be improving, so I am quite sure a lot of you will be braaing this weekend?

I have always loved how in Mauritius when any of us go into the local supermarkets you always see people with their "bums" up in the air almost falling into the freezers hoping to spot something to devour for dinner, look carefully the next time you happen to be in "London" (not the UK) or "Kaddy Plus" and take special note, it's hilarious.

Anyway, on one of my many trips into "London" I was desperate for my garlicky, sticky lamb ribs, and happen to spot something called "FLAPS", hell I thought what a dreadful name, but on closer inspection and to my utter joy, the "FLAPS" are lamb ribs! Not the beautifully packaged evenly sized one's you can just pop into your basket in good old "Woolies" but frozen solid, uneven and strange shaped things called "FLAPS". So I bought the "Flaps" and hoped like hell that they would not flap off out my basket and escape out the supermarket door!

So herewith my delicous Lamb Ribs Recipe:

Place a large pot on your stove, and into the pot place your de-frosted "FLAPS" and pour over 2 litres of COKE, NOT COKE LITE, OR DIET COKE PROPER COKE, and boil the ribs for at least 45 - 60 minutes and leave to cool. If you have a lot of ribs you may need more coke. More of a gentle simmer actually, not a fierce boiling so that the pot is almost leaping off the hob!

WARNING: The smell and sight of the ribs boiling in the coke leaves much to be desired, however, don't let this first stage of the recipe put you off, because when these ribs are melting in your mouth, the smell of them boiling away in the coke will be well worth it.

Once the ribs have boiled, leave them to cool, and then place them in a braai container, or a meat marinading dish, that allows you to turn upside down a few times to evenly coat the ribs before braaing.

MARINADE:

20 - 30 Cloves fresh garlic
1 large bottle Koo tomato Sauce
1 cup Brown sugar
1 cup Apricot jam
1 Phoenix fresh
1/2 cup chutney
1/3 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sweet sour sauce

Place the garlic cloves in your Magimix and process till chopped, then add in all the other ingredients, washing your tomato sauce bottle out with the beer to get all the contents out, and mix marinade well.

Pour over the ribs and coat evenly, close the lid of whatever container you are marinading them in, and turn a couple of times during the day.

TIP: Do not do these ribs a day before you are going to braai them, as the fat from the lamb congeals and causes lumps to form, not very nice, also if you can, and the weather is not too hot, try and do them a couple of hours before you are going to braai them and keep them out the fridge! Difficult in this climate because you will worry about them going off, but they will be fine.

Get whoever is doing the braaing to cook them till the marinade is a lovely dark colour, not burnt, but well braaied!

Delicious! Enjoy.

SPICY SLAW:

2 TBS Caster Sugar TBS - TABLESPOON tsp - teaspoon
2 TBS Rice Wine Vinegar
2 Large Carrots peeled and cut into matchsticks
2 Large Handfuls Shredded Cabbage
2 Large Handfuls Shredded Red Cabbage
4 Celery Stalks, trimmed, cut into matchsticks
1 Large Red Onion, thinly sliced
1 Large Handful Fresh Mint Leaves
1 Large Handful Fresh Coriander leaves

SWEET CHILLI DRESSING:

1 TBS Rice Vinegar or White Vinegar
1 TBS Caster Sugar
1 1/2 TBS Fresh Lime Juice
2 TBS Fish Sauce
2 Long Red Chillies, seeded and finely chopped
1/2 tsp salt

Mix together the sugar and rice vinegar, add the carrot and leave to marinade for as long as you can, while preparing the salad.

Put the white and red cabbage in a large mixing bowl. Drain the carot and add to the cabbage with the celery, onion, mint and coriander.

Mix together all the dressing ingredients, stirring until the sugar has dissolved, add the dressing to the salad and toss together. Serve immediatly.

Delish!!

Hey, I will be back, Sammy is getting home from school, and she wants to go to the hairdresser to have her hair cut and ironed, so I will write again later and give you some more delicious recipes.

Happy cooking guys
Suexx