Name: Braised Beef Short Ribs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3-½ pounds Meaty Short Ribs, Bone-in, At Room Temperature; 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil; 1 Large Onion, Diced; 4 cloves Garlic, Minced; ½ cups Good Quality Red Wine; 2 cups Good Quality Beef Stock, Homemade Or Store Bought; 2 Tablespoons Tomato Paste; ½ teaspoons Dried Thyme; 12 ounces, weight Mushrooms, Cleaned And Quartered (optional)

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Braised Beef Short Ribs

Serves 4

Prep15 min

Cook3 hr

Ingredients

3-½ pounds Meaty Short Ribs, Bone-in, At Room Temperature
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 Large Onion, Diced
4 cloves Garlic, Minced
½ cups Good Quality Red Wine
2 cups Good Quality Beef Stock, Homemade Or Store Bought
2 Tablespoons Tomato Paste
½ teaspoons Dried Thyme
12 ounces, weight Mushrooms, Cleaned And Quartered (optional)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

483Calories

31 gProtein

29 gFat

20 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4

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

By tastykitchen. 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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,108 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, garlic, red wine, beef, tomato, thyme):

Rosemaryfits better
Oreganofits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

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

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