Tender Braised Beef Short Ribs

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 4 (10 ounce) beef short ribs (boneless is fine)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 cup flour
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 1 celery rib, chopped
• 1 cup red wine
• 3 bay leaves
• 2 quarts beef stock
• 10 black peppercorns
• 1 cup whole grain mustard
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup wine
• 1/4 cup garlic, chopped
• 1 bunch basil leaves, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 heat oil in a roasting pan over medium heat.
• 3 season short ribs with salt and pepper.
• 4 lightly dredge in flour. shake off any excess flour.
• 5 sear all sides of short ribs until golden brown.
• 6 add carrots, onions and celery to roasting pan and sauté until tender, about 2 minutes.
• 7 deglaze pan with red wine.
• 8 add the bay leaves, beef stock and peppercorns.
• 9 cover roasting pan with aluminum foil and bake until ribs are knife-tender, about 2 1/2 hours.
• 10 while cooking, in a medium bowl, mix together all the mustard, honey, wine, garlic and basil. this is the glaze that will be used later.
• 11 once cooked, remove short ribs from liquid and set aside to cool. cut and trim short ribs to desired size.
• 12 heat a gas or charcoal grill to medium heat.
• 13 brush short ribs well with the glaze and grill briefly to set the glaze.