Braised Beef Short Ribs:

If anyone were to ask me what is my favorite dish to make, I would say braised beef short ribs are right up there at the top of the list. Short ribs braised to perfection placed over a bed of mashed potatoes is amazing to me.

Ingredients:

• Short ribs 4-5 pounds
• Celery
• Carrots
• Onions
• -8-9 cloves of garlic, smashed.
• Salt / Pepper to taste.
• 4 cups beef stock.
• 2 tablespoons Olive Oil

Prep:

• *The night before cooking* Put the short ribs on a rack over a cookie sheet and sprinkle salt over them. Place in the refrigerator overnight.
• *An hour before cooking, pull out of the refrigerator and sit out to take the chill of the meat*
• In a large roasting pan add olive oil.
• Rough chop the celery, carrots, and onions. Then add to the pan and cook for 5-7 min. Just get some color on them and get them sweated down.
• Add garlic to the pan and brown them up with the other veggies.
• Add the short ribs to the pan and sear all sides.
• Poor over the beef stock, you want to cover the meat as much as possible.
• Cover with tin foil and put in the oven heated to 350f degrees for 3 hours or until fork tender.
• *Optional* at the 3-hour mark, uncover and cook for another 30 min just to get a little roasted flavor to the ribs.
• *Optional part 2* Pull the ribs out of braising liquid, strain out the solids. Put in a small sauce pan and reduce to half and use as a gravy to the ribs.