Baked Spareribs with BBQ sauce

Ingredients

2 kg spareribs
3 onions, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, crushed
250 ml tomato ketchup
25 ml cider vinegar
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 tsp chilli powder or tabasco


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 230° C. Put the spareribs in a baking tray and bake for 15 minutes.
In the meantime mix all other ingredients together and pour over the spareribs. Turn the heat down to 180°C and bake the ribs for about an hour or until tender.
Take the ribs out of the marinade and give them extra coulour on the barbecue or under the grill. Pour the sauce back over and serve with crusty bread or rice and a green salad.

Chocolate Truffel Cake

Ingredients

400 gr dark chocolate
900 ml whipped cream (unsweetened)
150 gr crushed biscuits (digestives or Spritz-type)
2 tsp almond essence
cocoa powder to garnish


Preparation

Melt the chocolate in a hotwater bath (Bain Marie).
Fold in 1/3 of the cream and take of the heat.
Add the biscuits and almond essence to the cream and pour in the chocolate mixture. Fold it in well.
Pour into a spring form cake tin or line with tinfoil to prevent sticking.
Put it in the fridge for a couple of hours at least, 24 hrs is even better.
Cut into wedges and serve sprinkled with cocoa powder.