Braised Short Ribs With Porcini Port Wine Sauce Food

PORT WINE BRAISED SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250°F and remove the upper oven rack.
• Pat the beef ribs with paper towels to remove moisture, season with salt and pepper.
• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed, pan over high heat and add 1/2 of the seasoned short ribs. Cook, turning to sear all sides of the ribs until they are a rich brown color.
• Transfer to a plate and repeat with the remaining 4 short ribs. Add additional oil if necessary.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the onion, celery and carrot. Sauté until softened then stir in the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the butter and when it has melted stir into the vegetable mixture. Sprinkle the flour over the mixture, stir to combine and cook for 1 minute then stir in the wine, beef broth and tomato paste. Add the bundle of thyme and the bay leaves.
• Add the browned short ribs to the pot and bring the mixture to a boil. The liquid should cover about 2/3 of the top of the ribs. Cover the Dutch oven with its lid and transfer to the oven. Cook for 2-1/2 to 3 hours until the short ribs are tender but not falling off the bones.
• Transfer the Dutch oven to a workspace and remove the ribs to a platter. Spoon out and discard the string of thyme and the bay leaves. Pour the liquid into a mesh strainer set over a bowl. Press the vegetables firmly to remove as much of their liquid as possible, then discard the strained vegetables.
• Pour the sauce into a fat separator or spoon off the excess fat. Pour the sauce back into the Dutch oven and bring to a gentle boil and reduce the liquid to thicken into a sauce. Add the short ribs and allow to reheat.
• Serve the ribs on a mound of mashed potatoes with a portion of sauce. Garnish with fresh thyme or parsley.

BRAISED SHORT RIBS IN PORCINI-PRUNE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large nonreactive mixing bowl, combine short ribs, carrots, celery, thyme, bay leaves and peppercorns. Cut 4 of the onions into 1-inch chunks, and add to bowl. Cut 2 heads of garlic (with peel) in half crosswise, and add to bowl. Pour wine over all, and mix well. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.
• Remove short ribs from marinade, and drain well. Pat dry with paper towels, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside. Strain marinade into a clean bowl, reserving vegetables. Remove thyme, bay leaves and peppercorns, and reserve. In a large casserole over high heat, heat 2 tablespoons of duck fat, and add short ribs. Sear short ribs until well browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Remove short ribs, and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Add 1 tablespoon of duck fat to casserole, then add the reserved vegetables. Saute, stirring constantly, until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Add reserved marinade, and stir well. Boil marinade until reduced by half, about 15 minutes. Add veal stock, short ribs and reserved thyme, bay leaves and peppercorns. Cover, and braise in oven until ribs are very tender, about 2 1/2 hours.
• Remove short ribs from casserole, and set aside. Pour vegetables and liquid through a fine strainer into a large bowl. Discard all solids, and return liquid to a clean casserole. Bring the liquid to a boil over high heat, and reduce by half, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside.
• Cut remaining 3 onions into large dice. Separate the cloves of the remaining head of garlic, and peel and thinly slice. In a large saute pan over medium-low heat, add remaining 1 tablespoon duck fat. Add mushrooms, and saute until lightly browned. Remove from pan, and set aside. Add diced onions to pan, and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add sliced garlic to onions, and saute for 1 minute. Add mushrooms and prunes, and saute just until heated.
• Add sauteed onion, garlic, prunes and mushrooms to the casserole containing the reduced wine mixture. Adjust salt and pepper to taste. Add short ribs, and mix gently. Place over medium-low heat, and simmer just until thoroughly heated. Serve immediately.

BRAISED SHORT RIBS WITH PORCINI-PORT WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 275°F. Combine porcini mushrooms and water in small bowl. Place a paper towel over the surface of the liquid to keep the mushrooms submerged. Let stand until mushrooms soften, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, generously season short ribs with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a Dutch oven medium high heat until whisps of smoke barely begin to show on the surface. Add beef and cook until well browned on all surfaces, 8 to 12 minutes total. Transfer to a large plate and set aside. Return Dutch oven to medium heat and heat butter until melted. Add carrots, onion, and celery and cook stirring, until softened and barely beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add tomato paste and cook, stirring continually, until tomato paste takes on a burnished hue and starts to stick to the bottom of the pan, about 3 minutes. Add port and red wine to pan, scraping off any browned bits from bottom of pan with a wooden spoon. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Meanwhile, drain mushrooms through a strainer. Roughly chop the mushrooms, then add mushrooms and their liquid to the pot, along with chicken stock, bay leaves, and thyme. Return to a boil, cover, and transfer to the oven. Cook until completely tender, about 3 hours. Remove and discard bay leaves and thyme. Remove meat from bones, and discard bones. Skim fat from top of sauce. Bring sauce to a boil over medium heat and cook until reduced to a sauce-like, mildly thickened consistency, about 5 minutes. Return meat to the pan, season to taste with more salt and pepper, and serve immediately. (See note above for serving suggestions).

RED WINE BRAISED SHORT RIB

Steps:

• Preparation.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• In small bowl, combine the garlic salt, italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Blend well.
• Apply generously the spice rub ingredients you just prepared to both sides of the short ribs.
• In oven proof roasting pot, coat bottom of pan with olive oil and brown each side of the rib (approximately 3 minutes per side) on a medium heat cooktop.
• Remove ribs and set aside
• Add carrots, onions, garlic and rosemary to same pot that you just browned the ribs in and saute until translucent.
• Add red wine and 2 Cups of the beef broth and and bring to a boil, then remove from heat.
• Return ribs to roaster and cover.
• Place in oven and cook for 3 hours. Periodically check to ensure liquid is still present. If needed, add more beef broth and red wine.
• After 3 hours, reduce heat to 325 degrees and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
• Turn oven to 175 degrees and remove 1/2 cup of braising liquid from pan and degrease. An easy method of separating the grease is by adding ice cubes and the grease sticks to the ice cube. Just don't let the ice melt, remove the cubes as you go.
• In a small pot, on medium heat whisk braising liquid, 1/2 cup beef broth and contents of gravy mix until thickened.
• Serve short ribs and drizzle sauce to taste.

BRAISED SHORT RIBS WITH RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500^F.
• Line a large baking sheet with foil.
• Generously season ribs and arrange in a single layer on baking sheet.
• Roast until brown, about 25 minutes.
• Reduce temperature to 325^F.
• Place ribs in a large heavy oven-proof pot.
• Add tomatoes with juice, and next 8 ingredients.
• Add wine and enough water to cover.
• Tightly cover pot and cook in oven until meat is very tender, about 2 hours and 40 minutes.
• Cool and refrigerate overnight.
• Remove any fat from surface and transfer ribs to a 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
• Strain liquid and return ot pot.
• Boil until liquid has reduced to 1 cup, skimming any foam that appears, about 50 minutes.
• Season to taste.
• Preheat oven to 325^F.
• Pour sauce over ribs.
• Cover pan with foil and bake until ribs are heated through, about 25 minutes.
• Transfer ribs to a serving platter and spoon sauce over.
• Serve.

BRAISED BEEF SHORT-RIBS WITH RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion, peppers, carrots, celery, and teaspoon of salt. Cook until the onion is softened and translucent.
• Add the tomato paste and garlic and cook 2 minutes. Place the short ribs into the pot and toss in the bay leaves and thyme. Pour the wine and broth over the meat. Cover and put into the oven, cook for 4 hours.
• Remove the pot from the oven onto a stovetop burner. Remove the meat and meat to a plate to cool. Skim the fat off the top of the liquid in the pot.
• Turn the burner to simmer, remove bay leaves, and allow the liquid to simmer uncovered while you separate the meat from the bones and fat. Add the meat back to the pot and continue to simmer until reduced slightly, about 10 minutes.
• Salt and pepper to taste and stir in the parsley.

BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIBS WITH A BORDELAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat large saute pan until smokey hot. Season both sides of ribs with salt and pepper, I use fresh ground pepper and sea salt. In 1 tbsp of olive oil, sear ribs on both sides for 1-2 minutes. Remove from pan and place in a large casserole dish. On medium heat, saute all vegetables, thyme and peppercorns for 5 minutes. Add tomato paste and stir until well combined, no lumps. Deglaze with red wine and let reduce for 5 minutes. Add beef stock and bring to a boil. Pour all sauce over the ribs, cover and braise in the oven at 325 for 3 hours.
• When finished, remove ribs and keep warm. Strain the vegetables from the sauce, reserving 3/4 cup, and return to the stove on medium high heat. Combine cold water and flour in equal parts, whisk into reserved sauce, then whisk this into the remaining sauce to slightly thicken. When done, plate the ribs and ladle sauce onto the ribs. I served this with garlic mashed potatoes and steamed baby carrots.