• Home
  • About
  • Recipe Index
  • Blogs I Love
  • Favorite Food & Wine
  • Work With Me

Create Amazing Meals

...designed to how you how to put a meal together using fresh, local ingredients

Short Ribs in Red Wine and Port~French Fridays with Dorie Recipe~, Butter and Parsley Potatoes, Roasted Asparagus, and Marie-Helene’s Apple Cake

February 25, 2011 by susanelester 17 Comments

Short Ribs in Red Wine and Port
Braised Ribs
This week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe was for these succulent short ribs.
We really loved them!  They aren’t complicated, but take a lot of time to make.  We started them last night, chilled them, then finished them today.  I think the chilling step is important not only because it allows the flavors to blend, but also because it made it so easy to skim the fat off.



Tangerine Gremolata


We had my brother & sister-in-law to dinner & we all thought the ribs were great and agreed that the Tangerine Gremolata just took this dish right over the top!  A great dish to make over the weekend, and wonderful for company because you do so much ahead of time.  The wine & port reduction sauce was perfect!

One of my favorite fellow-bloggers posted the recipe here.

Sauteed Vegetables, Wine, Port, Tomato Paste, and Herbs
Butter and Parsley Potatoes
Fill a large pot of water 1/2 way with water.
Add 3 – 4 small red potatoes per person and 1 teaspoon of Salt.
Boil for about 20 minutes until potatoes can easily be pierced with a fork.
Drain potatoes and return to pan.
Toss with 1/4 cup butter and 3 Tablespoons minced parsley.
Roasted Asparagus
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Snap ends off 2 bunches fresh Asparagus
Place in an 8 x8 inch baking pan.
Drizzle with Olive Oil.
Sprinkle with Salt and Pepper.
Roast in oven for 20 minutes, turning over half way through.

Marie-Helene’s Apple Cake
Another great recipe from Around my French Table!  It was the featured recipe in October.  It’s wonderful and so easy to make that we’ve had it several times.
Bon Appetit!
Braveheart!
These recipes are provided for your personal use. If you publish them, or re-post them, please give me credit. Grazie e Buon Appetito!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: apples, Asparagus, beef, Braveheart, French Fridays with Dorie, potatoes

Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    February 25, 2011 at 4:53 pm

    Susan ~ this meal looks amazing and I cant wait to give it a try. I love the color on the ribs, the asparagus and potatoes makes my mouth water. Thank you so much for putting your heart and soul in preparing these meals each week. Braveheart nice to see you and just remember you are definitely a “hottie”

    Reply
  2. Lizzy says

    February 25, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    What a feast!!! And I loved seeing Mercedes peeking through the banister…so sweet 🙂

    Reply
  3. Kathy says

    February 25, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    I wish I was at your house for dinner…The asparagus and potatoes looked great. Your pictures are lovely and I love your dinnerware.

    Reply
  4. Mary says

    February 25, 2011 at 11:39 pm

    Susan, you did an incredible job with this challenge. The short ribs and accompaniments are gorgeous and the apple cake was an added bonus. Any piece of my heart not stolen by your food was taken by Mercedes. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary

    Reply
  5. Creating Amazing Meals says

    February 25, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    Thank you all! I am humbled by your praise as all 3 of you have beautiful blogs!

    Reply
  6. Cher says

    February 26, 2011 at 12:53 am

    What a lovely looking dinner – you had some very lucky guests!

    Reply
  7. Mary says

    February 26, 2011 at 2:14 am

    Wow..that is an all-star dinner. I love the picture of the adorable cat. My cat is sitting by right now as I type these comments!

    Reply
  8. Karen says

    February 26, 2011 at 2:22 am

    Glad this turned out so well! Your side dishes look fantastic!! 🙂

    Reply
  9. Betsy says

    February 26, 2011 at 2:50 am

    What a delicious looking meal! Nice job.

    Reply
  10. Sis. Boom. says

    February 26, 2011 at 3:29 am

    All this and you remind me of how much I LOVED that damn apple cake! I’m glad that you and I agree about the gremolata. D’s recipe is not all that unusual but the gremolata just wow’d me.

    Reply
  11. kitchenarian says

    February 26, 2011 at 3:33 am

    Great job! I am sure the asparagus was wonderful with this. I have never tried the apple cake. It looks delicious.

    Reply
  12. onewetfoot says

    February 26, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Lovely accompaniments! I think it’s time to make that apple cake again…

    Reply
  13. tricia s. says

    February 26, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    You had me at that opening shot of your plate – amazing ! Your photos are stunning, as usual, and I chuckled when I saw your cat in the last one. Very cute. Nana and I really enjoyed this one – the whole family loved the ribs. I will doing much more braising in the future. And revisiting the Apple Cake- I also had forgotten about that one but it sounds perfect for your meal.

    Reply
  14. Creating Amazing Meals says

    February 27, 2011 at 12:20 am

    Thank you all so much! I love learning all these new techniques & recipes with you!

    Reply
  15. Steph says

    February 27, 2011 at 1:37 am

    I loved your post! Your pictures are scrumptious and it looks like you had a fabulous dinner. And your kitty at the end is delightful!!

    Reply
  16. luciacara says

    February 27, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    That certainly is an amazing meal! Your pictures are great & the side dishes are perfect for this. The red potatoes are a good alternative for mashed potatoes. We’ve had a lot of mashed potatoes lately & I’m making them again tonight.
    I love that cake – I’ve made it twice so far 🙂

    Reply
  17. Flourchild says

    February 28, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    You can invite me over for dinner anytime! Everything looks delicious! Im glad you and your family enjoyed this recipe!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Let’s Connect

What are you craving?

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Additional subscriptions:

More Yummy Stuff!

Partners

Bake along with me!
Bake along with me!

I'm a Dorista!
I'm a Dorista!

FBLA
FBLA

Find me on Yummly!
Find me on Yummly!

Be Honorable Always
LINKwithlove

Return to top of page
Copyright© 2010–2021 · Log in