TWICE-COOKED BEEF SHORT RIBS WITH DRIPPING CARROTS & GRAVY

Twice-cooked beef short ribs with dripping carrots & gravy image

These tender slow-roasted beef ribs make an ideal meal if you're entertaining friends this New Year's Eve - you can prepare most of the dish two days ahead

Provided by Barney Desmazery

Time 4h40m

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

vegetable oil , for frying
2 racks of beef short ribs (4 bones each)
750ml bottle red wine
8 carrots , peeled but left whole
2 tbsp red onion marmalade
large bunch parsley , chopped

Steps:

At least one day before eating, slow-cook the ribs. Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. If you have a flameproof roasting tin, then heat it with the oil and brown the seasoned fleshy sides of the ribs well. If not, do this in a frying pan and transfer the ribs to a roasting tin, flesh-side down. Nestle the whole carrots among the ribs and pour over all the wine. Cover the roasting tin tightly with foil and put in the oven for 4 hrs, turning any carrots that aren't submerged in the wine halfway through.
When cooked, leave to cool, then transfer the ribs and carrots to a tray, pouring the cooking juices into a bowl. Cover and chill everything overnight. Can be prepared up to two days ahead.
To finish the dish, heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Sit the ribs in a roasting tin, bone-side down, and roast for 25 mins until very brown, sizzling and crisp around the edges.
Meanwhile, lift the solidified dripping off the sauce and melt half in a frying pan until gently sizzling. Add the carrots and gently fry to reheat. Season with sea salt, toss through the parsley and lift the carrots out of the fat into a serving dish.
Pour the sauce into a saucepan with the red onion marmalade and bring to the boil. Skim off any froth and continue to boil and stir until you have a sticky gravy. Serve everything together on a large board with the racks piled on top of each other and a few ribs carved away to start with.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 524 calories, Fat 29 grams fat, SaturatedFat 13 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 7 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 6 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 40 grams protein, Sodium 0.3 milligram of sodium