Tomato-Braised Short Ribs With Polenta and Escarole

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To truly fto the flavors marry, navigator the abbreviated ribs a time successful beforehand and refrigerate overnight. Reheat connected the stove apical oregon successful the oven.

The abbreviated ribs request to marinate for astatine slightest 3 hours and up to overnight. The polenta tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 3 days. The finished abbreviated ribs tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 3 days. Reheat the finished abbreviated ribs and condiment successful a covered cookware implicit medium-low heat.

From Michael Friedman, cook of the upcoming Red Hen edifice successful Bloomingdale.

Ingredients

For the abbreviated ribs

3 pounds bone-in abbreviated ribs
1 mean yellowish onion, diced
1 ample carrot, diced
3 ribs celery, diced
3 full cloves garlic
750 mls (1 bottle) reddish wine, preferably Chianti
Salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
3 oregon 4 tablespoons canola oil
56 ounces canned full tomatoes and their juices, preferably San Marzano
Water, arsenic needed
1 dried arbol chile peppers, stemmed
1 clump thyme, tied
2 bay leaves

For the polenta

1 cupful good polenta
4 cups acold water, positive much arsenic needed
1 spoon salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cupful grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

For the escarole

1/4 cupful good-quality olive oil
3 cloves garlic, chopped into precise bladed slices
Pinch crushed reddish capsicum flakes
2 heads escarole, washed, dried and coarsely chopped
Grated zest of 1 lemon
1 spoon salt
1/2 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper

For assembly

Fresh horseradish, peeled, for garnish
Good-quality extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
690
Fat
36 g
Saturated Fat
12 g
Carbohydrates
34 g
Sodium
810 mg
Cholesterol
110 mg
Protein
39 g
Fiber
8 g
Sugar
9 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Michael Friedman, cook of the upcoming Red Hen edifice successful Bloomingdale.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published February 5, 2013

Updated March 14, 2026