Beef Short Ribs with Chocolate Port Sauce
The ultimate winter comfort food, these ribs are braised in a savoury broth until tender and then served with a decadent chocolate port sauce that will have your guests asking for more.
Yield: Serves 6
January 12, 2021
Beef Short Ribs with Chocolate Port Sauce
Ingredients
- 6 lb (3 kg) beef short ribs (about 12 ribs)
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 medium carrots, cut into chunks
- 2 medium celery stalks, cut into chunks
- 1 cup mushrooms
- 8 sprigs fresh thyme
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup dry red wine
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1/2 cup ruby port
- 1/3 cup chopped bittersweet chocolate
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Sprinkle ribs with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil in an ovenproof non-reactive Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add ribs in batches and brown on all sides.
- Transfer ribs to a plate; set aside.
- Reduce heat to medium-low. Add onions, carrots, celery, mushrooms, thyme, garlic, rosemary and bay leaves; sauté until vegetables are softened, about 8 minutes.
- Increase heat to medium-high. Add wine and cook, stirring, until wine is reduced by half.
- Return ribs and any accumulated juices to pan. Add broth. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
- Bake, covered, for 2 1/2 hours.
- Remove ribs from broth mixture, reserving broth mixture, and transfer ribs to a baking dish. Cover ribs with foil; keep warm.
- To prepare sauce, strain broth mixture through a large strainer into a large heatproof bowl; discard solids.
- Remove and discard fat from surface of strained broth mixture. Reserve 3 cups of strained broth mixture; discard remaining strained broth mixture.
- Place port in a medium deep non-reactive frypan over medium heat; cook, stirring, until reduced by half, about 4 minutes.
- Add reserved strained broth mixture and stir to combine. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until mixture is reduced by half.
- Add chocolate and whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat.
- Pour sauce into a serving dish and serve immediately with ribs.
Nutritional analysis per serving: 480 calories, 30.7 g fat, 39.6 g protein, 8.5 g carbohydrate, 0.8 g fibre, 1508 mg sodium