Most people go with corned beef and cabbage for St. Paddy’s Day. I have had it many a time served from my Irish in-laws, but let’s face it. It’s boiled meat and boiled cabbage. Boiling anything doesn’t make it taste great, it makes the water taste great. It’s how we make broth or soup. This year on St. Paddy’s, why not go with some Guinness short ribs and Hasselback potatoes, and kick up the revelry a few notches?
Ingredients:
- 4 pieces (about 2-3 lbs) bone-in short-ribs (we only show cooking three, but the fourth is there to make for an even amount of people)
- 2 tbsp canola oil (any vegetable oil will work) divided
- 2 cups beef stock
- 2 cans Guinness
- 2 oz Italian parsley finely chopped
- 2 Idaho potatoes
- 1 stick butter softened
- 1 stick butter melted
- Salt & pepper to taste
1) Instructions:
- Pre-heat oven to 400, trim any excess fat from the ribs and season well with salt & pepper
- In a large sauté pan sear the ribs in 1 tbsp of canola oil over medium/high heat for approximately 6 minutes per side, make sure to sear on all sides:
Place ribs in a roasting pan and de-glaze the sauté pan with the Guinness making sure to scrape all brown bits from the pan. Pour the beer mixture over the ribs and add the beef stock, cover with aluminum foil and braise for about 3 hours
Thoroughly scrub the potatoes making sure all dirt is removed. Working with the potato parallel to the cutting board, slice perpendicularly spacing about 1/8’ apart and make sure to not cut all the way through
Place the potatoes on a shallow sheet pan lined with aluminum foil. Spread apart the slices and brush a melted butter in between each piece reserving about 2 tbsp. Sprinkle each piece with salt & pepper as well. Bake potatoes for about 45 minutes then brush with remaining melted butter and dust with chopped parsley
Once the ribs are fork tender, strain the braising liquid into a small saucepan and reduce on medium heat until reduced by half. Allow the reduction to cool and dip the ribs in to coat.
Once the reduction has cooled, place the softened butter in a food processor and process until doubled in volume. While the machine is running, add the reduction 1 spoonful at a time until done:
Pre-heat the Beefer on medium/low. On the lowest rack position broil the short ribs, bone side down, for about 6 minutes and then turn and repeat:
Heat the potatoes on the same rack setting and the same heat setting for 4 minutes watching carefully not to over brown:
Spoon about 1 tbsp of the Guinness reduction butter on each rib and broil on medium heat until just melted:
