Shelly's Recipe

BARBECUED BEEF SHORT RIBS

Category: Ribs

1 tbsp butter
1/3 cup chopped onion
1 tbsp plus 1 tsp flour
1 cup apple cider or apple juice
3 tbsp sweet pickle relish
1 tbsp catsup
1/4 tsp salt and dried whole basil
1/8 tsp ground allspice
Dash ground cloves
4 pounds beef short ribs

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat; add chopped onion, and saute until onion is tender. Add flour, stirring well. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually add apple cider, and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Stir in remaining ingredients except ribs. Remove sauce from heat, and set aside.

Cut ribs into serving-size pieces, and grill over low coals 1 hour and 10 minutes. Baste ribs with sauce, and grill an additional 20 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Turn and baste frequently with sauce. Serve ribs with remaining sauce.