Shelly's Recipe

COUNTRY RIBS BRAISED WITH APPLE KRAUT

Category: Ribs

2 1/2 lbs. country style spareribs
1 tbsp butter or oil
Salt and pepper
1 yellow onion, sliced
2 Fuji or Gala apples, sliced
2 cups sauerkraut, rinsed
1 carrot, grated
3/4 cup Riesling, white wine or apple cider
Brown sugar and caraway seed to taste, optional

Have your butcher cut country ribs in half. Preheat oven to 350-degrees.

Sprinkle ribs with salt and pepper then brown with butter or oil in a heavy frying pan, remove and drain excess drippings. Saute onions briefly in pan to absorb flavor and deglaze pan, remove to a mixing bowl, adding apples, sauerkraut and carrots. Taste and adjust with sugar and caraway to taste. Place half this mixture in a casserole pan, top with ribs and cover with remaining sauerkraut mixture and the wine or cider.

Cover and braise at 300 degrees until tender, about 2 hours. Great with mashed potatoes. Serves 4