Tender Beef Short Ribs

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You might not consider ribs to be a romantic food but consider this....you are both watching each other, you both desire each other, you see the other licking the sauce off the fingers, maybe even sucking a little. This would be a great excuse for that first kiss when you attempt to lick this scrumptious sauce off your date's cheek.

Ingredients:

• 6 pounds meaty short ribs
• 3 (750 milliliter) bottles red wine
• flour for dredging
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 4 celery stalks, chopped
• 4 large carrots, chopped
• 2 fresh thyme sprigs
• 2 fresh rosemary sprigs
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon roast beef flavor seasoning
• 1 1/2 teaspoons beef base
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (28 ounce) can plum tomatoes, chopped
• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans beef broth
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper, ground
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

• Pour the wine into a large saucepan, set over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the volume by half then remove from heat.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in large, heavy, ovenproof pot over medium heat.
• Sprinkle ribs with salt and pepper.
• Working in batches, dredge ribs in flour and allspice mixture; add ribs to the pot and brown well, turning often, about 8 minutes per batch.
• Using tongs, transfer ribs to large bowl. Reserve remaining flour coating mixture.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons drippings from pot, add chopped vegetables and saute until vegetables begin to brown and become tender (about 10 minutes).
• Add garlic, thyme, rosemary, roast beef seasoning, beef base and white ground pepper. Stir 1 minute.
• Mix in tomatoes and bay leaves.
• Return ribs and accumulated juices to pot, arranging ribs in single layer.
• Add broth, water and wine, bring to boil. Cover pot and transfer to oven.
• Bake until tender, stirring occasionally, about 2 and 1/2 hours, or until ribs are very tender. Season with salt and pepper. Every 30 minutes skim and discard fat from surface. Use reserve flour as necessary to thicken gravy.

Recommendations:
As a starter, we recommend the raspberry spinach salad.
As a side dish, we recommend the mushroom rice.
As a dessert, we recommend the cherry cheese pie.

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