How to Serve Gourmet Ribs

When it comes to serving ribs, a lot of people think of plastic table clothes, paper napkins, wet wipes and a dining experience that is more casual than formal. Well here are some tips on how to serve gourmet ribs of any kind for a formal event.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Platter
• Parsley
• Gravy boat
• Spoon
• Extra cloth napkin
• Wet naps
• Tongs for removing and plating ribs
• Chef's knife

1. Remove your barbecue ribs from the oven or grill. Hold them up so that any extra sauce drains off the ribs. The last thing you want is a serving platter that is a saucey mess.
2. Section the ribs so that you define each portion. This way as the platter is passed around, people can easily grab their portion. Provide tongs on the side of the platter so that people can easily grab the ribs.
3. Garnish your platter of ribs with a piece of parsley or greenery. When you serve gourmet barbecue ribs or short ribs in gravy, you want to heighten the presentation over something they'd get at a rib joint. Garnishing the platter will make the ribs look more elegant.
4. Pour extra barbecue sauce or gravy in a gravy boat. When you serve the ribs, you don't want excess sauce splattering all around as people pass the platter. Provide a gravy boat filled with the sauce, and they can help themselves to extra sauce.
5. Provide an extra cloth napkin and wetnap at each place setting for the ribs.

Tips & Warnings

• Barbecue ribs make a fantastic appetizer to a formal meal. Arrange 4 ribs on a plate on top of a dollop of garlic mashed potatoes.