Short Rib Ragu over Roasted Cauliflower Steaks
 
 
Slow Cooked Short Rib Ragu is ladled over roasted cauliflower.
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Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: American, Healthy
Ingredients
  • For Caulifower Steaks
  • 1 head of cauliflower, washed and patted dry, outer leaves removed
  • Melissa's Produce "My Grinder" Organic Garlic & Herb Sea Salt
  • Olive Oil
  • For Short Rib Ragu
  • 1½ lbs of boneless beef ribs, visible fat removed
  • 1 carrot, peeled and diced
  • 2 celery ribs, diced
  • 1 brown onion, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1 tablespoon dried basil
  • ½ cup red wine (I used a cabernet)
  • 1 28 ounce can organic diced tomatoes
  • 1 15 ounce can organic diced tomatoes
  • 4 tablespoons organic tomato paste
  • 2 bay leaves
  • sea salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. For Short Ribs
  2. Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees
  3. Pat the ribs to remove any moisture. Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper on all sides.
  4. Heat a large dutch oven over high heat, then add olive oil when hot.
  5. In 2 batches sear all sides of the ribs. Sear each side for about 2 minutes or until brown. If the meat sticks to the pan when you try to flip it, leave it on for another minute. Remove ribs to a nearby plate after all sides are seared.
  6. Add the onion, carrot, and celery, salt, red pepper and basil to the same pan the ribs were in. Saute for 5 minutes or until soft, stirring occasionally.
  7. Pour in the red wine and scrape all the brown bits off the bottom of the pan (a.k.a. degalze the pan). Reduce the wine by half, about 2 - 4 minutes.
  8. Add the tomatoes and bay leaves, combine well.
  9. Return the meat and the juices to the dutch oven submerging them in the tomato wine sauce.
  10. Put the lid on the dutch oven and cook in the oven for 2½ hours.
  11. Remove the meat from the sauce to a cutting board. Set aside.
  12. Using a hand blender or use a regular blender, pulse the sauce so that the veggies are coarsely pureed. There should be some texture left in the sauce.
  13. Return the meat back to the sauce and stir to combine.
  14. For the Caluiflower
  15. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
  16. Cut the head in 2 inch thick slices. The ends will not come off looking like steaks but you should get at least 2 steaks from one head.
  17. Spray each side of the cauliflower steaks and pieces with olive oil, and then spring both sides with Garlic and Herb Sea Salt.
  18. Place on a pizza stone or baking sheet.
  19. Roast for 20 minutes.
  20. Serve with ragu on top.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: ⅙th Calories: 283 Fat: 11 Saturated fat: 5 Unsaturated fat: .5 Trans fat: .4 Carbohydrates: 14.1 Sugar: 7 Sodium: 855 Fiber: 4 Protein: 7.4 Cholesterol: 22
Recipe by Decadently Fit at https://www.decadentlyfit.com/2015/02/11/short-rib-ragu-roasted-cauliflower-steaks/