Short Ribs - Winters end celebration!

Today we are expecting the last snow of the winter (hopefully)! So, in celebration that spring will arrive a week late I decided to do braised short ribs for a nice Sunday night comfort food dinner! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do fixing it!

What you will need:

1 pack of 4 nice thick short ribs
1 qt container of beef broth
1 btl of good red wine, (somthing you would drink) preferably a Cabernet Note: never buy cooking wine in the ilse. salty and disgusting. I like J Lohr seven oaks cabernet, You will use half the bottle and drink the rest while cooking of course!
2 medium onions quartered
2 large carrots chopped
1 stalk of celery large chop
1 large head of garlic
1 sm can of tomato paste
2 Tbs Italian herbs dried
1 bundle of fresh thyme

You can use an enamelled pot like the ones in the pictures or use a good stainless steel pot that will fit in the oven and is oven safe.

Heat your pot to medium high and add 2 tbl of olive oil. while that is heating up salt and pepper your ribs and I also sprinkled some garlic powder on the ribs too. Brown each side of the ribs until nice and brown.

Remove the ribs from the pot and place if onions, carrots, celery and herbs and season with salt and pepper . Cut the head of garlic in half and add to the pot and cook while stiring about 3 to 5 minutes.

Next add the 2 Tablespoons of tomato paste and stir until it coats all the veggies.

Next deglaze the pot with about half the bottle of red wine and pour yourself a glass. You deserve it at this point!

Cook down for about 2 minutes then place the ribs back to the pot rib side up and the juices that have accumulated from resting.

Now pour the beef stock over the ribs and fill until you reach just below the rib on top.

Cover and bring back to a slow simmer, then place in the oven at 325 degrees and braise for 4 hours!

this is what you will see when you take it out of the oven

skim some of the sauce and strain through a small seive then put in a small sauce pan to reduce. Add 2 Tbs of butter and reduce to make a nice sauce.

this will be slightly thick but not gravy consistancy

I plated this with a Broccoflower mash - recipe to follow.

Satisfying and comforting!

Its really an easy recipe to follow. and it makes it easy for clean up! If you don't want a cauloflower mash just use a simple mashed potato like Bob Evans or make your own.