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Zinfandel Braised Short Ribs

Zinfandel Braised Short Ribs

Ingredients

  • From http://www.poubelle.com/butterpig/archives/000149.html
  • bone side down in a roasting pan 400 degree oven for about an hour, or until nicely browned
  • remove pan from oven, ribs from pan, pour of all of the grease
  • disorganized. It tasted fine, but probably would have been better if
  • I had.
  • To re-heat/serve (Start at least an hour in advance, the reducing will
  • take a long time).
  • had maybe two cups remaining after reducing from a starting point of two
  • bottles of wine)
  • return ribs (still in their small pan, still covered) to a 350 degree oven to warm up

Instructions

  1. The main courses were all nice and hearty dishes. The main meat was a slow braised short ribs over risotto.
  2. trim fat off the top, but leave on the bone, salt and pepper
  3. remove foil (careful!) and let ribs cool for a bit in the liquid
  4. remove ribs into a small pan and cover well with foil (at this point it was 4 o'clock or so, so we just left this covered pan out). They will most likely fall off the bone and this point, and that's fine.
  5. strain liquid, cool, skim fat (I didn't, because I was too
  6. reduce liquid well until it starts to become a bit thick (I think we
  7. toss ribs in sauce, or spoon over, or what have you.
  8. we made a basic saffron risotto with chicken stock and cheese, which I think is an excellent foil for the sauce.