Southwest Riblets

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped (1 medium)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon red chili pepper, ground
• 6 juniper berries, dried,crush
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 ounce baking chocolate, grated
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 (6 ) can tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 lbs lamb back ribs, fresh (rack of ribs should be cut lengthwise across the bones. have the butcher do this with his meat sa)

Recipe

• 1 cook and stir onion in oil in 2-quart saucepan 2 minutes.
• 2 stir in ground red chiles, juniper berries, garlic and salt.
• 3 cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 4 stir in chocolate until melted.
• 5 pour water, vinegar and tomato paste into food processor workbowl fitted with steel blade or into a blender container.
• 6 add onion mixture and sugar; cover and process until well blended.
• 7 heat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 8 cut between lamb back ribs to separate.
• 9 place in a single layer in roasting pan, pour sauce evenly over lamb.
• 10 bake uncovered 30 minutes; turn lamb.
• 11 bake until done, about 30 minutes longer.