Porter Beef Food

BEEF AND PORTER STEW

Steps:

• Put oil in large heavy bottomed pot and heat over medium high. Season beef. Brown meat well on all sides. Do not over crowd; you may have to do this in two batches. Cook about 8 minutes. Transfer to bowl and set aside.
• Add onion, celery, and butter to pot and cook until golden and carmelized, about 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle onions with flour. Stir well to combine. Cook stirring constantly about two minutes.
• Combine broth and paste and stir to dissolve paste. Add to pot with beer. Stir well scraping up brown bits from bottom of pan. Add veggies and beef. Simmer covered for about two hours. Season as needed.

OVEN-BAKED SHORT RIBS WITH PORTER BEER MOP

Steps:

• For the ribs: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Trim any gristle from the ribs and cut them into two-rib portions. Rub each piece with the salt, and sprinkle with the pepper and thyme. Arrange the ribs in a large roasting pan, add 1/4 cup water, the dried chiles and ginger, cover tightly and bake until tender when poked with a fork, about 3 hours.
• For the porter beer mop: Meanwhile, in a food processor, combine the serrano chile, onions, ginger and salt, and process until smooth.
• Heat a large saute pan over medium heat and add the butter. Add the onion mixture to the pan and cook, stirring often, until caramelized, a shade darker and fragrant, about 10 minutes. Add the porter, molasses, brown sugar and maple syrup, and cook at a simmer until the mixture thickens but is still saucy, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the cilantro, lime zest and juice and a bit of the pan juices.
• To glaze the ribs, raise the oven temperature to 450 degrees F. (You may also glaze these ribs over a medium-hot grill.)
• Brush the mop on both sizes of the ribs and roast, stopping to reapply the mop, until you've used it all and the ribs are coated with shiny black glaze, about 10 minutes.

PORTER'S SMOKED DINO BEEF RIBS

Steps:

• For the beef rib rub: Combine the sugar, paprika, granulated garlic, granulated onion, salt, chipotle and black pepper in a bowl.
• For the smoked dino beef ribs: Coat the beef ribs in the Worcestershire sauce. Liberally season with the beef rib rub. The more rub, the better. Smoke with fruit wood at approximately 260 degrees F until tender, about 8 hours. A thermometer or toothpick should slide in and out of the meat with little to no resistance.

BRISKET BRAISED IN PORTER

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Mix first 5 ingredients in small bowl. Rub herb mixture all over brisket. Heat bacon fat in heavy extra-large wide ovenproof pot over medium-high heat. Add brisket to pot and cook until deep brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer brisket to platter or rimmed baking sheet. Add 2 cups broth to pot and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pot. Stir in porter, prunes, bay leaves, and brown sugar; bring to boil. Return brisket to pot, fat side down; scatter onion slices over to cover meat, then add garlic.
• Cover pot; place in oven and braise brisket 1 hour. Remove pot from oven; uncover and turn brisket over so that onion slices fall into liquid in pot. Return pot to oven and braise uncovered 30 minutes. Add 1 cup broth. Cover and bake 1 hour 30 minutes longer.
• Transfer brisket to platter or rimmed baking sheet; add 1 more cup broth to liquid in pot, then add mushrooms and carrots. Return brisket to pot. Cover and return to oven; braise until meat and carrots are very tender, adding more broth by cupfuls, if needed, to cover vegetables, about 45 minutes longer. Cool slightly. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and keep chilled at least 1 day and up to 2 days.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spoon off any fat from surface of brisket pan juices and discard. Transfer brisket to cutting board. Thinly slice brisket across grain. Place brisket slices in large roasting pan. Bring pan juices with vegetables in pot to boil. Whisk in mustard and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Season to taste with salt and pepper, adding more vinegar by teaspoonfuls, if desired. Pour pan juices and vegetables over brisket in roasting pan. Cover roasting pan tightly with heavy-duty foil and cook in oven until brisket slices and vegetables are heated through, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Serve meat with vegetables and sauce.