Short Ribs With Shallots Recipes

RED WINE-BRAISED SHORT RIBS WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Boil wine, broth, and thyme in a 6- to 7-quart wide heavy pot until reduced to about 5 cups, about 30 minutes, then pour through a fine sieve into a heatproof bowl.
• Cook whole shallots in oil in cleaned pot over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until golden, about 6 minutes. Add garlic cloves and cook, stirring frequently, until garlic is golden and shallots are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a plate, reserving fat in pot.
• Pat ribs dry and season well with salt and pepper. Heat fat in pot over high heat, then sear ribs in 3 batches until browned on all sides, about 4 minutes per batch, transferring with tongs to a bowl. Pour off any fat in pan.
• Return ribs, shallots, garlic, and reduced wine to pot with jelly and salt to taste, then simmer, covered, without stirring, 1 3/4 hours.
• After meat has been simmering 1 1/4 hours, peel carrots, then cut carrots and zucchini diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Peel potatoes.
• Add potatoes and carrots to pot (don't stir) and simmer, covered, until ribs are tender and potatoes and carrots are just tender, about 30 minutes.
• Add zucchini to pot (don't stir) and simmer, covered, until just tender, about 6 minutes.
• Transfer meat and vegetables with a slotted spoon to a large serving dish. Discard any loose bones and keep meat and vegetables warm, covered.
• Skim fat from sauce and reserve 1 tablespoon fat. Stir reserved fat into flour in a small bowl to make a dry paste. Thin paste with 2 tablespoons warm sauce. Bring sauce to a boil and whisk in half of flour paste until thickened. (If necessary, whisk more paste into boiling sauce until thickened to desired consistency.) Simmer sauce, whisking occasionally, about 3 minutes. Pour over meat and vegetables.

BRAISED SHORT RIBS WITH DIJON MUSTARD

Steps:

• Boil wine in a 2-quart heavy saucepan until reduced to about 1 cup.
• While wine is reducing, pat ribs dry and cut crosswise into 1-rib pieces (each about 2 1/2 inches long).
• Season well with salt and pepper.
• Heat a dry 5-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot, then brown ribs well in 3 batches on all sides, about 8 minutes for each batch.
• Transfer browned ribs with tongs to a bowl.
• Reduce heat to moderate and brown shallots well in fat remaining in pot, stirring.
• Transfer with a slotted spoon to another bowl.
• Stir wine and mustard into juices in pot.
• Add ribs and simmer, covered, 1 3/4 hours.
• Gently stir in shallots and tomatoes and continue to simmer, covered, without stirring, until meat is very tender, about 40 minutes.
• Carefully transfer ribs, shallots, and tomatoes to a platter and skim off any fat from cooking liquid.
• Season sauce with salt, pepper, and mustard to taste and pour over ribs.

BRAISED SHORT RIBS WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Bring the short ribs to room temperature. Meanwhile, pulse the shallots, 10 cloves garlic and the tomato paste in a food processor to make a paste. Cook the pancetta in a large ovenproof pot over medium-high heat until crisp, about 7 minutes. Transfer the pancetta and all but 2 tablespoons drippings to a bowl.
• Add the shallot mixture to the pot and cook, stirring, until brown, about 6 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and add 1/2 cup cognac, scraping up the browned bits. Sprinkle in the flour and cook, stirring, about 5 more minutes. Gradually stir in the wine until smooth. Add the porcini, thyme, bay leaves and 11/2 teaspoons salt.
• Season the short ribs with salt and pepper, place in the pot and add water to cover. Trim a piece of parchment paper so that it rests on the surface of the meat. Cover the pot with the lid and transfer to the oven. Cook until the meat is fork-tender, about 3 hours.
• Remove the meat from the sauce and transfer to a plate. Set the sauce aside, about 10 minutes, then skim off the fat. (If the sauce is thick, add a splash of water.) Discard the bay leaves, season the sauce with salt and pepper and add the remaining 2 tablespoons cognac. Return the short ribs to the sauce and keep warm over low heat.
• Chop the remaining 1 clove garlic, then mash with 1/2 teaspoon salt using the flat side of a knife; add the parsley and chop. Heat the pancetta and the reserved drippings in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the oyster and cremini mushrooms and cook until brown, about 10 minutes. Toss in the parsley mixture. Untie the short ribs, divide among plates and top with the sauce and mushrooms.

SHORT RIBS WITH SHALLOTS

Steps:

• Sprinkle the ribs with 1/4 teaspoons each of the salt and pepper.
• In a large Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat and brown the ribs in batches.
• Transfer to a plate.
• Drain the fat from the pan and add the onion, carrot, thyme and remaining salt and pepper.
• Cook over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add the wine, broth and 2 teaspoons of the mustard.
• Bring to a boil, scraping up any brown bits.
• Add the tomatoes, breaking up with a potato masher.
• Return the ribs and any accumulated juices to the pan and bring to a simmer.
• Cover and braise in a 325 degree F oven for 2 hours.
• Add the shallots.
• Braise, covered, until the meat is tender, about 1 hour.
• With a slotted spoon, transfer the ribs and shallots to a deep platter and keep warm.
• Skim off the fat in the pan.
• Bring the liquid to a boil and boil for 5 minutes.
• Stir in the remaining mustard and pour over the ribs.