Ingredients:

5-6# short ribs
(ask your butcher for 1# 3-rib short ribs for consistency in cooking)
1 large onion, diced
1 fennel bulb, diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
3 roma tomatoes, diced
4 cloves garlic, sliced
½ cup red wine, preferably ZD Cabernet
½ cup ruby style port
4 cups beef stock, preferably home made but canned will do nicely
4 Yukon gold potatoes (size of lemons) boiled and diced small
salt and pepper.
3 T vegetable oil
Olive oil
2 ½ -3 pounds pasta sheets*
2T chopped parsley mixed together with 1 tsp lemon zest
Grated parmesan

 

In Sache:
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 tsp juniper berries
3 bay leaves
4 sprigs fresh thyme
4 sprigs fresh sage
2 cloves

 

Directions:

1. Heat vegetable oil until it just starts to smoke in a heavy bottom pot large enough to fit all the short ribs in a single layer
2. rub short ribs with olive oil and salt and pepper generously (olive oil will help the salt ant pepper stick to the meat, (neat trick)
3. brown short ribs on all sides and remove from pan, drain all but 1T oil
4. Add vegetables except potato on high heat and sauté 2-3 minutes until they start to brown, deglaze with wine and port, reduce by ½
5. add beef stock, saché and short ribs, bring to a boil, cover and put in 300-degree oven for aprox. 2½ hours, check and rotate every 45 minutes. Short ribs should be falling off the bone tender
6. remove ribs from the liquid and let cool. When cool enough to handle, shred meat from the bone and mix in diced Yukon gold potatoes
7. strain the sauce and reduce by 1/3, puree the vegetables and add back to the sauce. Use a small amount of sauce to moisten meat and potato mixture
8. roll out pasta, mound 2T meat mixture, egg wash pasta, press and cut ravioli, making sure edges are securely pressed close
9. boil ravioli in salted water 2-3 minutes until pasta is cooked, drain, add to heated sauce and serve in pasta bowls with a sprinkling of freshly grated parmesan cheese and parsley mixture

* You may use egg roll wrappers instead of pasta sheets, allow 2 ravioli per wrapper

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