Pre-heat a covered barbeque (hood down) to 140◦C. Place ribs in a shallow roasting pan, season and cover tray with foil. Roast in barbeque using indirect heat, or in oven for 6 hours. Spraying with the vinegar solution every hour. Remove and rest for 30 minutes.
Coat pumpkin with oil and season with salt. Using a sharp knife cut slits into pumpkin crossways about 5mmm apart, cutting as deep as you can without slicing all the way through. Place pumpkin on a lined tray. Cook in a closed barbeque on medium-high heat for 40 minutes.
Add all the ingredients for the dressing to a small bowl. Whisk vigorously until combined. Add some of the cos and spinach to a serving plate. Top with eggs, tomatoes, avocado, feta, chives and parsley. Drizzle with the desired amount of dressing.
When serving, drizzle ribs with your favourite barbecue sauce.
Tips
Using indirect heat: place the dish on the opposite side that the burners are on. Therefore, if the fire is on the left side of the barbecue, place the tray on the right side. This will prevent the meat from burning.
Cooking meat for long periods will dry the meat out,the below tips should ensure your ribs stay succulent and tender:
Add a saucepan of water in the barbeque.The steam from the pot provides humidityto keep the ribs moist through the cooking process.
Spraying beef ribs with the vinegar solution keeps meat nice and moist during the cooking process and accelerates the bark at the end. The bark is the crust that you get on the top of the short rib that you slice through.
