Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, brad's braised short ribs w/ creamy white polenta & shrimp scampi. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have brad's braised short ribs w/ creamy white polenta & shrimp scampi using 40 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Brad's Braised Short Ribs w/ Creamy White Polenta & Shrimp Scampi:
- Get For the short ribs
- Prepare 2 lg short ribs per serving, I made 3 servings
- Take Salt, white pepper, dry mustard
- Make ready 1/4 sweet onion, chopped
- Get 3 lg cloves garlic, minced
- Get 1 tbsp butter
- Get 1 1/2 cup red wine, I used a cabernet
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup beef broth
- Make ready 2-3 tbsp balsamic vinegar to taste
- Make ready 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Get 1 tbs minced chives
- Take For the polenta
- Make ready 1/4 sweet onion, diced
- Prepare 2 tbsp butter
- Make ready 2 lg cloves garlic, minced
- Get 3 tsp granulated chicken bouillon
- Make ready 3 cups water
- Get 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups white corn meal
- Make ready 6 oz merlot belvitano cheese, shredded or cubed
- Get 2 tbs sour cream
- Get to taste Salt and white pepper
- Prepare For the scampi
- Take 1 1/2 lbs 16-21 count prawns, I used wild argentinian pinks
- Take Remove shells, leave tail on
- Get 2 tbs butter
- Get 1/4 sweet onion, diced
- Get 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Make ready 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- Take 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- Make ready 1 tsp red chili flakes
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Make ready For the pan sauce
- Make ready All the drippings from the ribs
- Make ready 1/2 cup additional red wine
- Get 1 tbsp additional balsamic vinegar
- Make ready 3 tbsp honey
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Make ready Garnish
- Take Additional chopped parsley and chives
Instructions to make Brad's Braised Short Ribs w/ Creamy White Polenta & Shrimp Scampi:
- Heat a large ovenproof Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add 1 tbsp oil. Coat ribs with seasoning generously. Quickly brown on all sides. Set aside.
- In same Dutch oven, add butter and onions. Cook on medium low heat until they start to caramelize. Add garlic and cook one minute. Add parsley and chives, cook one more minute. Add rest of ingredients for the ribs. Bring mixture just to a boil so flavor combines.
- Return the ribs to the Dutch oven. Cover and place in a 300 degree oven for 2 hours. Reduce heat to 170 and continue for 2 more hours.
- Remove ribs to and oven safe plate and place in oven at 170 to keep warm. Cool the cooking liquid until it is Able to be handled. Strain as much fat off of the top as you can. Add remaining ingredients for the sauce except salt. Bring to a simmer and reduce. The sauce should have a shimmery Appearance not too thick like gravy. Salt to taste.
- Start the polenta and scampi at the same time. Polenta in a lg saucepan, scampi in a lg frying pan. Both over medium high heat. Add butter to both and saute onions.
- For the polenta, you don't want onion to caramelize. Just sweat off. When translucent, add garlic and saute 1 minute. Add water, milk, and bouillon. Bring to a boil. When boiling, very slowly whisk cornmeal into liquid. If you go too fast it will be lumpy. As soon as all the cornmeal is incorporated, add cheese and sour cream, reduce heat. Stir constantly until thick and creamy
- For the scampi, you do want the onion to caramelize a little. When you start seeing the onion brown, add garlic and saute 1 minute. Add rest of scampi ingredients except salt and saute until prawns are cooked. About 3-4 minutes. Taste 1 prawn and add salt if desired.
- To plate, add polenta on the bottom, place short ribs on top of polenta. Scampi on the side. Garnish polenta with parsley, and rib with chives. Spoon pan sauce over ribs and polenta. Serve immediately. Enjoy.
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