Country Ribs Slow Braised In Wine With Noodles Recipes

COUNTRY RIBS SLOW BRAISED IN WINE--WITH NOODLES

Steps:

• Remove any excess fat from the ribs and season the ribs with salt and fresh ground pepper to taste.
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick frypan to hot, add the ribs and brown well on all sides; about 5 to 8 minutes. Remove ribs to a plate and keep warm. Reduce heat and add wine, deglaze pan, releasing the brown bits.
• Mix together in a bowl, the rest of the ingredients for the sauce, except the spinach, reserve for later. Add to the wine in the frypan. Stir together and bring to slow simmer then add the browned ribs. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove from heat and stir in the spinach.
• In the meantime, cook the noodles according to the package instructions; drain well.
• Pour ribs and sauce into a large pasta bowl; add the drained noodles, carefully stir to combine.

BRAISED COUNTRY STYLE RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325. Heat a large Dutch oven over medium high heat.
• Season the ribs all over with salt and pepper.
• Place a small amount of oil in your pan and place the ribs in the pan, being careful you don't crowd them. Brown the ribs on all sides, about 3 minutes per side. The trick to searing is: do not move the meat! It will let you know it's ready to be turned when you nudge it gently with tongs and it lets go of the pan.
• When all of the meat is browned, remove it to a plate and add the onion, carrots and celery to the pan. Cook for about 5-7 minutes, or until the veggies are just beginning to brown.
• Add the tomato paste and cook - it will stick to the brown bits on the bottom of the pan, but that's exactly what you want. You want the tomato paste to turn completely brown. When this happens, about 4 minutes or so, add the garlic, and then deglaze the pan with the red wine, scraping up all of the brown bits.
• Add the tomatoes and the chicken stock.
• Place the ribs back into the pan, nestling them down into the liquid. Cover loosely with foil and place in the oven, Cook for an hour, the turn the ribs over and cook another hour. These ribs take about 2-3 hours to cook, depending on the beginning size. They are done with they begin falling apart and off the bone.
• When the ribs are done, remove them to a plate and strain the cooking liquid through a strainer - it doesn't have to be perfectly strained, a colander is fine. Discard the solids and place the sauce and ribs back in the pan and keep warm until serving. The liquid makes a nice thick sauce which doesn't need any sort of butter mounting or anything, it's rustic.