Best 5 Balsamic Short Ribs Recipes

CHERRY BALSAMIC SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sprinkle the short ribs with salt and pepper. Heat a heavy cast-iron pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until it just begins to give off wisps of smoke; drizzle in about 1 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil. Sear 3 ribs in the hot oil until golden brown on all sides. Heat pot until smoking hot again, drizzle in 1 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil, and sear the remaining ribs as before. Transfer ribs to a plate and set aside. Discard used oil.
• Place remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the pot over medium heat, and stir in the onion, celery, carrots, and fennel. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt, and cook until the vegetables are soft and the onions are translucent, stirring frequently, about 8 minutes. Pour in the Burgundy wine; scrape and dissolve all the browned flavor bits from the bottom of the pot. Bring the mixture to a boil, and cook until the liquid is reduced by half, about 10 minutes. Stir in rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, and demi-glace; stir well. Mix in the chicken stock, cherry cola, and balsamic vinegar. Push the short ribs into the vegetable mixture so they are about halfway covered; spread cherries over the ribs. Pour any meat juices over the cherries, bring the short ribs to a boil over medium heat, and cover.
• Place the covered pot into the preheated oven, and cook until the meat is tender and falling off the bones, 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
• Remove the ribs to a serving platter. Skim fat from the cherry sauce, and strain all the cherries, vegetables, and juices through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Discard the solids, and return the liquid back to the pot. Bring to a boil, and cook the sauce over medium heat until thickened, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently; whisk in butter. Serve sauce over the short ribs.

BALSAMIC BRAISED SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Over medium-high temperature, heat a large Dutch or French oven and spray it with cooking spray.
• Season the ribs with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Brown the ribs in two batches in the heated pan, about 8 minutes per batch, until browned; remove from pan.
• Add the finely chopped onion to the pan and saute until lightly browned, about 8 minutes.
• Add the minced garlic and saute for 1 minute.
• Add the browned ribs back into the pan, then add the wine, vinegar, brown sugar, and tomatoes and bring to a simmer.
• Cover pan and transfer to the oven, and bake at 300°F for 90 minutes or until tender.
• Remove from oven and let cool slightly, then transfer pan to refrigerator and let chill for 8 hours or overnight.
• After chilling, skim the solidified fat from the surface of the broth mixture and discard fat.
• Over medium heat on the stove, cook the ribs in the Dutch or French oven for 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
• Season with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, and serve.
• Serve along with potatoes, pasta, and/or vegetables - the sauce goes quite well with them, too!

BALSAMIC BRAISED SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Season all sides of the short ribs with a generous amount of pepper and salt.
• Brown ribs on all sides in a skillet drizzled with olive oil.
• While the ribs are browning, wash & slice tomatoes, peel and cube potatoes.
• Remove ribs from skillet and place in a Dutch oven or other oven proof deep dish with lid.
• Sauté mushrooms in skillet you just used to brown ribs for about 2 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon put mushrooms into dish with ribs.
• Lightly drizzle olive oil over ribs and mushrooms.
• Pour one tablespoon of balsamic vinegar over each rib (one per rib).
• Sprinkle with salt & pepper.
• Place lid and bake in lower middle third of oven for 2 hours.
• While ribs are cooking, prepare mashed potatoes, green beans, & tomato compote.
• Place potatoes in cold water with salt and chopped garlic & boil till fork tender (they can stay in the pot until closer to finish time of ribs).
• Drain potatoes, place back in pot and mash well.
• Add butter and cream and continue to blend well, salt to taste (keep on low heat or warm).
• Using the same skillet you used for the beef short ribs and mushrooms - heat to medium high and cook tomatoes for about 7 minutes or until skins start to blister.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and pinch of red pepper flakes.
• Add a couple of tablespoons balsamic vinegar and continue to cook about 3 minutes until reduced and tomatoes begin to break down (keep warm till ready to plate.
• Steam green beans & then transfer to hot skillet drizzled with olive oil, salt & pepper.
• Sauté for about 2 minutes until start to lightly brown.
• Plate serving of mashed potatoes on each plate followed by green beans, short ribs & mushrooms, & topped with tomatoes.
• Garnish if you'd like with freshly grated Grana Padano or Parmigiana and light drizzle of your finest olive oil.

BALSAMIC-BROWN SUGAR SHORT RIBS WITH GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 325°F. Coat a large Dutch oven with olive oil and bring to high heat. Season meat with salt and pepper. Working in batches to avoid overcrowding, add short ribs and cook without moving until well browned on first side, about 4 minutes. Flip short ribs and add onions and garlic. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until short ribs are browned on second side and onions and garlic are softened but not completely browned, 2 to 3 minutes longer. 2 Add red wine to pan. Bring to a boil and let it simmer for a minute before adding beef broth, Worcestershire, vinegar, brown sugar, bay leaves, and orange zest. Return to a boil, cover, and transfer to the oven to cook until meat is fork-tender and sauce is rich and full of depth, 2 1/2 to 3 hours total, flipping meat once during cooking. 3 While the meat is cooking, bring potatoes and garlic to a boil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook until tender when pierced with a fork, 20 to 25 minutes. Drain, return to pot and add butter, milk and sour cream. Season with salt and pepper, and mash with a potato masher or a fork. 4 When short ribs are done cooking, discard bay leaves and orange zest. Season salt to taste with salt and pepper. To plate, place a mound of mashed potatoes on each of four individual plates. Top with a short rib, and spoon with sauce. Serve immediately.

CAMPIELLO'S BALSAMIC GLAZED BEEF SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Generously salt & pepper meat, heat olive oil in a large pan to nearly smoking & add ribs. Turn heat down slightly & carefully brown meat on both sides (avoid scorching). Remove meat & place in a pan large enough to hold meat & vegetables. After the ribs are cooked, deglaze pan w/ white wine & reduce, scraping brown bits (if pan is too dark or scorched, skip this step). Pour deglazing liquid in braising pan w/ ribs. Cover ribs w/ chopped vegetables & herbs. Sprinkle a little more salt over ribs & mirepoix. Cover tightly w/ foil. Place in 350 F oven & bake for 3 hours until meat is fork tender. Start checking ribs after 2 hours, make sure you haven't lost too much liquid, if so add chick stock so it doesn't dry out. Remove & cool. Strain liquid, discard vegetables; skim fat & reserved braising liquid. Glaze While ribs are cooking, begin making glaze. In a large sauce pan, over med-high heat, melt butter. When it begins to foam add sugar & spread out over entire pan surface, then place garlic cut side down on top of sugar, add rosemary. Cook until sugar begins to caramelize, about 10-12 min. Once garlic & sugar have browned nicely add balsalmic vinegar, increase heat & reduce by 80% (the fumes will be a little much). After viegar has reduced add chicken stock, reduce by 1/2; then add veal or beef stock, reduce by 70% or until sauce is starting to tighten up a bit. To Finish In a large sauce pan, add ribs, 1 ladle of reserved braising liquid, 2 ladles of reduced glaze, 2 sprigs of rosemary; & reduced liquid around ribs until nicely glazed. Check for seasoning. Optional: swirl a couple of tablespoons of unsalted butter to add richness.