Best Soup N Fleisch Flanken Recipes

BRAISED FLANKEN WITH POMEGRANATE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Season meat generously all over with salt and pepper. Heat a large ovenproof Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sear meat in batches until dark golden, 3 to 4 minutes a side. Transfer meat to a platter.
• Add oil to pan and sauté carrots, celery, leeks, garlic and shallot until vegetables are softened and slightly caramelized, about 5 minutes; season lightly with salt and pepper. Add pomegranate juice and wine, and cook, scraping browned bits from bottom of pan, until most of the liquid is evaporated, about 2 minutes. Stir in the stock, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf, cloves, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Return meat to pot. Liquid should reach halfway up sides of meat. If not, add a little more stock or water.
• Cover pot and transfer to oven. Cook, turning meat every 30 minutes until fork tender, about 2 hours.
• If you have time, let meat cool and chill overnight. The next day, remove fat from surface, then reheat over low heat. Stir in the pomegranate molasses if using, and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and cilantro just before serving.

WILD MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP WITH FLANKEN (BEEF SHORT RIBS)

Steps:

• Simmer dried mushrooms in water for 15 minutes. Let sit for 1/2 hour, then drain through coffee filter or fine mesh sieve, squeezing juice from mushrooms. Reserve the liquid.
• In a large, heavy-bottomed braising pan or Dutch oven, heat the oil to very hot. In batches, brown the short ribs. Remove them to a side platter. Add the onions and cook until lightly colored. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Return the short ribs to the pan and add the mushroom reconstituting water.
• On low flame, cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes, occasionally re-positioning the ribs for even cooking until very tender.
• Remove the ribs and strain the stock. Skim off most of the fat (you can do this by cooling it down, then setting it in the refrigerator). Bring stock to slow boil in the pan. Add all the mushrooms and meat. Simmer and heat through. Season with salt and pepper.
• To serve, put soup into bowls. Place 2 ribs in center, scoop of barley to the side, and mushrooms around. Serve with Mustard-Horseradish Sauce.
• Remove ribs and seeds from the chile and mince. Mix into horseradish and mustard.

CHICKEN SOUP WITH FLANKEN

Steps:

• In a very large pot, combine chicken pieces, flanken and shinbone. Add water to cover, place over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Carefully remove foam as it forms.
• When there is no more foam, add vegetables in following order: carrot chunks, celery chunks, parsnip, turnip, parsley roots, onion, garlic, leek and zucchini. As vegetables become tender, remove them.
• When all vegetables have been removed, add parsley and dill. Simmer until flanken is very tender, about 2 hours. Discard parsley and dill. Remove flanken and chicken, and set aside. Strain soup, then return meat, chicken and shinbone to pot.
• Before serving soup, remove fat from surface. Add marrow-bone ends, sliced carrots and sliced celery. Place over medium heat, and simmer until vegetables are tender. Remove and discard marrow bones. Remove flanken and chicken; slice and serve separately. Season soup with salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into bowls and serve.

SOUP 'N FLEISCH (FLANKEN)

Steps:

• Grate carrots, celery and onions, and set aside. I blended the soup later so this step is up to you. If you want a creamy soup, no need to grate.
• In a large pot, cover the flanken with water; bring to boil for 2 minutes; then change water to the full amount (4-5 quarts).
• Bring this fresh water with flanken to a boil.
• Add the dried soup mix with contents of seasoning packet enclosed, bouillon cubes and the bay leaf.
• Cook for 1/2 hour.
• Add (grated) vegetables and cook for at least 1 hour on a low flame. I cooked it for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Then add garlic powder or fresh garlic. Salt and pepper, to taste, and add potatoes. Cook for 10-15 minutes more.
• Taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary.
• When ready to serve, remove bay leaf.
• If you want the soup creamy, you may remove veggies to the blender. Be careful for any bones that may have come loose from the short ribs.
• Meanwhile, put the meat into a separate bowl so that you can remove bones and fat and trim into nice chunks.
• Once the veggies are blended, you can add it back to the pot with the soup to mix.
• You may serve in bowls with the meat added or freeze in plastic containers distributing the meat chunks evenly.
• Serve with bread as a meal in one.