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Braised Short Ribs

Short ribs are not a cut you will find in Italy, but this method of slowly braising beef in red wine is typical, especially in the north, where beef is more commonly eaten. The ribs can be cooked and refrigerated for up to 2 days before serving them. This recipe makes a big batch. If you have leftover ribs and sauce, you can bone the ribs, shred the meat and serve the meat and sauce over pasta or creamy polenta.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Braised Short Ribs

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Braised Short Ribs

Serves 8.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

696Calories
61 gProtein
33 gFat
33 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery Stalks1 stalk (40g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By williamssonoma. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Red wine + plumtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together107 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, pepper, olive, onion, carrot, celery, red wine):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits about as well
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, pepper, olive, onion, carrot, celery, red wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.