Short Ribs With Wine And Cream Food

SHORT RIBS WITH WINE AND CREAM

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a heavy pot over high heat. Sprinkle short ribs on both sides with salt and pepper. Quickly sear both sides of the short ribs, using tongs to flip them halfway through. (Just sear about 1 1/2 minutes per side.) Remove the shortribs to a plate.
• Pour wine and beef broth into the pot. Add rosemary. Stir to combine, scraping the bottom of the pot to deglaze. Return the shortribs to the pot, reduce heat to low, then cover the pot and simmer it for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. (You can also put the pot into a 300 degree oven if you'd prefer not to simmer on the stovetop.).
• After they have cooked, carefully remove the shortribs from the pot again. Stir in mustard, cream, and capers, then raise the heat and allow it to bubble up and gently boil for a good couple of minutes, or until it has thickened a bit. Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed. Return the shortribs to the sauce, put on the lid, and turn off the heat.
• To roast the mushrooms, preheat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange the mushrooms in a single layer on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper, then roast the mushrooms until they're golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Serve the shortribs on top of the mushrooms, then drizzle with extra cream sauce. Add a little rosemary sprig if you want to be fancy.
• This is absolutely divine.

BEEF SHORT RIBS IN CINNAMON & RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large, heavy saucepan with fitted lid, melt the ghee on medium to high heat.
• Add the cooking oil and the cumin seeds.
• Let the seeds sizzle for 30 seconds.
• Smell the cinnamon bark before adding to the pot.
• If it's very strong, break the bark in ½ and only use half.
• If it's not strong enough, add ½ bark.
• Add the onions& sauté until the onions are medium brown in colour.
• Smell for the cinnamon throughout the cooking process.
• You should smell a mild cinnamon flavour instead of a strong one.
• If cinnamon is the only spice you smell, take out the bark and continue cooking the curry.
• Add the garlic and continue to sauté until garlic is golden brown and onions are a darker brown.
• The darker you sauté the onions without letting them burn, the richer the onion flavour will be in this dish.
• Temporarily lower the heat and add the tomatoes and all of the remaining spices.
• Once you stir the powdered spices in the tomatoes, increase the heat back to medium.
• Stir regularly and continue cooking the spices until the oil/ghee separates from the tomatoes.
• This will take about 10 to 15 minutes.
• If at any time the onions or tomato spice mixture begins to stick to the bottom of the pan or looks like it's about to burn, either lower the heat or add 1 tablespoon of oil or ghee.
• Do not add water.
• This is meant to be a rich curry.
• Stir in the stock and red wine and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until the oil/ghee separates from the stock and rises to the top, stirring occasionally.
• Add the short ribs and stir well.
• Bring back to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer the short ribs until the meat completely separates from the bone.
• This will take approximately 4 hours and you will need to stir occasionally.

BIG BROWN BRAISED SHORT RIBS WITH HORSERADISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Season the ribs generously with salt. Coat a large wide pan with olive oil and bring to high heat. Add the ribs to the pan and brown very well on all sides-this is an EXTREMELY important step in the development of big brown flavors. It may take up to 20 minutes-don't rush it!
• While the ribs are browning, put the onions, carrots, celery, mushrooms, and garlic in a food processor and purée to a coarse paste; set aside.
• When the ribs are very brown on all sides, remove them from the pan. Ditch the fat, add a bit of fresh olive oil, and add the puréed veggies to the pan. Season generously with salt and cook over medium-high heat until the veggies are very brown and a crud has formed on the bottom of the pan, 8 to 10 minutes. Scrape the crud and let it reform. Don't rush this step.
• Add the tomato paste and prepared horseradish and cook, stirring frequently, until it starts to brown, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add the wine, bring it to a boil (BTB), and stir frequently to scrape the crud from the bottom of the pan (this is the big-money flavor). Continue cooking until reduced by half, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Return the ribs to the pan and add enough water to barely cover the meat. Toss in the bay leaves and thyme bundle, cover the pan with aluminum foil, and cook in the oven for 2 1/2 hours. Check the ribs every 45 minutes to make sure they are still covered in liquid; if the liquid has reduced too much, add more water. Turn the ribs after about 1 hour and continue cooking.
• Remove the foil during the last 20 minutes of cooking to let things get nice and brown and to let the sauce reduce. When the meat is done it should be very tender but not falling apart. To serve, remove the bay leaves and thyme bundle and spoon the sauce over the ribs and sprinkle with the chives and freshly grated horseradish for an extra kick.