Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Recipe #51 - Stirring the Pot: Slow-Roasted Beef Ribs with Mushroom Stroganoff


Tyler won us over with this version of beef stroganoff. It was rich, meaty, indulgent and comforting.

The recipe calls for 3 pounds of beef short ribs, cut into 2 ribs apiece. I halved the recipe, buying one and a half pounds of beef ribs and opted not to cut them, leaving them whole. The ribs are simply placed in a roasting pan, drizzled with olive oil, salt and pepper and roasted for 3 hours in a 300F oven. You can hardly get more simple than that.


When the 3 hours time frame is closing in, start preparing your sauce. You'll need mushrooms, garlic, shallots, to start. Once the mushrooms have browned, add the garlic and shallots. When the garlic and shallots are fragrant, remove from heat and add the cognac, scraping to deglaze the pan.

Return the pan to heat and add whipping cream. Reduce and simmer, until reduced by half. Turn off heat and stir in mustard and sour cream. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm until serving. This is one thick and luxurious sauce.

Meanwhile, cook one pound of egg noodles (I chose egg pappardelle noodles from Trader Joe's) in a pot of salted water. Drain well, toss with butter and chopped parsley. Pile buttered parsley noodles high on a plate, top with ribs, and finish with stroganoff sauce. Garnish with parsley. (I really wish I had parsley on hand for this dish. As it was, I was out of parsley and all other green herbs).


You can find the recipe HERE on Recipe.com

Notes/Results: This recipe is actually one of the easier Tyler recipes I've tried. I had concerns about not searing the short ribs first and I also worried that they would dry out, but they didn't. The end result was richly colored short ribs with almost crispy, crackly edges that pair wonderfully with the rich and luxurious stroganoff sauce. The stroganoff sauce was like liquid gold! I really wish I had the fresh parsley on hand because I think the dish definitely needed that fresh pick me up, which only fresh herbs can deliver. I think this is a tasty, comforting, quick and easy Tyler recipe that would be great for family dinners or entertaining. No hard to follow instructions, no long list of ingredients, and best of all: NO BIG MESS to clean up! All in all, this is a great recipe.

I still have two rather heavy recipes to post this month:
Baked Fresh Ham with Apple-Cranberry Chutney, which I will probably prepare for Easter and Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder with Salsa Verde and Grainy Mustard Mashed Potatoes. After that, I will be posting some seafood and salads. There are still 39 recipes left for me to cook in Stirring the Pot.

On another note: I was hoping to cook up some Irish fare for St. Patrick's Day in celebration of my Irish roots, but turns out the kids and I are feeling a bit under the weather this week. Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all!

24 comments:

  1. This looks really good and easy! I love Tyler Florence!! He always makes everything look so easy on his show doesn't he:)

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  2. I've never cooked short ribs, these look delicious, especially with the creamy noodles. I hope you're all feeling better soon.

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  3. Well, my goodness, that sauce has my attention! I love mushrooms, creamy sauces, and stroganoff. Interesting take with the short ribs and cooking them on their own. I'll have to give this a try.

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  4. Yum Yum. Anything that is creamy, meaty and mushroomy makes me smile! Kudos to Tyler for coming up with these tasty ULTIMATE dishes, and KUDOS to you for trying them out! I'm sorry you aren't feeling 100%. Get better! :)

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  5. I'm sorry you guys aren't feeling so hot! Drink lots of OJ! These short ribs sound amazing...looks like tyler redeemed himself after the last recipe!

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  6. Daaahling, this looks amazing. Real comforting! I hope it gets you feeling a bit better. Sometimes a delicious meal can do it for me ;)
    *kisses* HH

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  7. Wow. That mushroom stroganoff looks divine. And I bet it will go with lots of things...I can see it with roast chicken too!
    Tyler Florence not only has great recipes, he's cute too!

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  8. Oh my, that does look wonderful!
    Hope you guys are feeling better soon.
    xoxo

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  9. Me too did cook up Irish but will posting muc later this month...and will look foward if u do too:-))))
    and this looks so good and delish...
    cheers and Happy cherry St.paddys day to ya and fly...

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  10. Hope you are feeling better! This meal would definitely hit the spot with me. Delicious!

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  11. Looks amazing!! I believe I'd take this over traditional irish fare anyday ;)

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  12. This is one of those dishes that I call soul satisfying...I like it. I could have easily brought the parsley for you. My parsley in this really cool
    weather has just flourshed. Usually, it's bolted before I can get a good use of it. :-)

    I hope you and the kids are feeling better.

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  13. I love Tyler for his comfort meals. This looks excellent! Especially the stroganoff! Hope you all feel better!

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  14. Yes the stroganoff does look like comfort. I have never made a stroganoff without meat in it, but will surely put it on the menu now. Love Tyler! He does have some fantastic recipes. Thanks for the idea.

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  15. Hope you're feeling better soon! That sauce looks so creamy and delicious!

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  16. I love this one, Kim. Beef ribs and beef Stroganoff are two of my favorites so mixing them together? Yes please.

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  17. This looks like all comfort food to me so hopefully you have leftovers to make you and the family feel better. It's no fun when the kids are sick but even worse when you are too. Hope you get over it quick!

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  18. Looks so good! I'm usually a pork girl when it comes to ribs, but I'd certainly give this a try!

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  19. OK! Seriously Yum! This sauce looks like i would eat cardboard if this was over it!

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  20. I have got to try this one of these days--it looks incredible! Sorry you guys are feeling under-the-weather. :-(
    Hope you feel better soon!

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  21. Happy St. Patrick's Day to you! I hope you all get feeling better quick :)

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  22. This is absolutely delicious, Kim! I love ribs.....I hope you feel better soon :)

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  23. You had me at mushroom strogannoff... WOW!

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