oak smoked braised short ribs marsala

bosco0633

Well, this was a bit involved but worth all the effort.  I started out with some gorgeous beef side ribs and removed the bones.  

Then I microwaved the bones and browned the meat.  

Sautéed garlic, onion, carrot, thyme, basil, salt and pepper then mixed in some marsala wine, diced tomato, flour, and broth

Set the grill for 250 and smoked with white oak wood and smoked with the lid off for 3 hours.  Then put the lid on the dutch and cooked for another 2 hours at 275. 

removed the beef and thin sliced it and added portobello mushroom and fresh stuffed tortellini

this meat was something tender

I loaded up the plates and garnished with fresh graded parmesan and diced vine tomato

SGH

Looks like a winner to me brother.  

Elijah

Mouth is watering. Rib meat makes a wonderful sauce if you spend the time.

tikigriller

Oh my. Bookmarked and placed on to do list. 

Very good looking meal right there. Congrats!!

byrne092

Man everything you put out always looks excellent. This got added to the to do list. 

rmr62

you can go ahead and overnight me a serving!

bhedges1987

Looks great!!

NPHuskerFL

I've done these on numerous occasions. You're correct in saying that it's an involved cooking process beginning to end. But, what a finale! Wonderful job my friend

johnmitchell

Gosh !!! Fantastic as always..

shtgunal3

Looks awesome!

NDG

looks amazing - great post.

JohnnyTarheel

Very very nice!!!

bosco0633

Thanks guys.  This was honestly a great dish.  Can't wait to hit it up again.  May try with rigatoni pasta next time.  Tortellini is a love hate for me 

CPARKTX

Awesome, great idea

CTegger427

Looks amazing! Can we get a recipe?

bosco0633

sure, I adapted this recipe from another recipe.  I added and removed some things to more my liking.  Here is what I did

3 to 5 beef short ribs, depending on how big your dutch oven is.  I used a 7 quart so I went with 5 bones.  This is a very large portion so you can cut it down in half if you want to cook a smaller amount.

Ingredients 

2 Tbsp EVOO 

4 garlic cloves diced

2 onions chopped

2 carrots chopped 

1 Tbsp thyme

2 Tbsp basil

salt and pepper to taste

6 Tbsp of flour

4 cups of marsala wine

4 tsp of balsamic vinegar

4 cups of chicken broth

2 cans of diced Tomato (drained)

4 bay leaves

4 portobello mushroom, remove gills and cut into slices

1 cup heavy cream (I did not use)

2-4 Fresh Vine Tomato (diced for garnish)

Tortellini 2 packs or if you make your own approx 40 oz. 

Basically, I removed the meat from the bones and then microwaved the bones.  You can skip this step, but I have read that marrow heated up adds some great flavour.  If you don’t microwave just put them to the side and add them to the dish later.

Brown the meat with the oil in the dutch.  get the pot nice and dirty, it helps with the colouring of the sauce.

Remove the meat from the dutch and add a bit more oil and onions, garlic and carrot.  Once softened, mix in the basil and thyme, and salt and pepper to taste.  Then stir in the flour to thicken the mix up.  

Add in the wine and let simmer to reduce the alcohol out of the mix.  It will start getting thick and bubbling. 

Then add the balsamic vinegar and broth and place in your bay leaves.  And finally stir in the drained canned diced tomato.  Then place the bones and meat back into the pot.

Now for me, I wanted this on the BBQ, so I set mine up indirect and smoked with white oak to give it a bit of a stone oven taste.  

I smoked it at 250 for 3 hours with the lid off.  I stirred the mix often and noticed that the meat exposed was colouring, indicating it was taking the smoke!   Then I covered the lid and cooked it at 275 for 2 hours.  

Removed from the grill and brought in and took out bones and meat.  Thin sliced the meat and placed back into the mix.  Added my mushrooms at this point and boiled the tortellini.  

Then placed the tortellini into the mix.

Plated the mix and garnished with fresh grated parmesan and diced tomato.  I also like a bit of heat so added my garden dried italian red hot peppers that I dehydrated last year.  

CTegger427

Thank you so much! It is on the schedule to make this weekend

NoJokeSmoke

Wow! that is amazing! @eggobsessed sent me the link and said that I had to check it out.  This will be a cook that we'll try soon. Thanks for sharing!