Wednesday, January 25, 2012

cooking with wine


the other day i decided that i would scratch off one of my thirty things
i cooked with wine!
 i went to the liquor store
bought me a swanky bottle of cabernet red wine
popped the bad boy open
and suprised myself
with amazing red wine braised short beef ribs
garrett just may survive my cooking after all
: )


red wine braised short beef ribs

what you will need:

1 pkg of cut beef short ribs, trimmed
kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
3 tablespoons of unsalted butter, divided
1 bottle cabernet red wine
4 cups low-sodium vegetable stock
4 cloves of garlic, peeled and smashed

this is what you do:
(listen up, this be the bible of the blues)

1. preheat the oven to 325 degrees f
2. pat ribs dry and season with kosher salt and cracked black pepper on all sides
3. heat 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter in a dutch oven
4. add the ribs and brown on all sides then transfer to plate
5. add garlic to dutch oven then after 1 minute carefully add your bottle of
red wine
6. bring wine to a boil until it is reduced to 1 cup
7. add the ribs back into the pot along with vegetable stock
8. reduce the heat and bring pot to a simmer and cover
9. transfer pot to oven to braise until meat falls off the bone or
about 3 hours
( it only took mine 1 hr 30 mins)
10. transfer ribs to a plate again and strain braising liquid in mesh sieve into a saucepan on medium high heat
11. simmer the liquid until thickened then add the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter
12. add ribs to saucepan if you like

















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