Braised Beef with Pears and Fresh Ginger
Braised Beef with Pears and Fresh Ginger is a dairy free recipe with 6 servings. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 8g of protein, 12g of fat, and a total of 289 calories. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. A mixture of juniper berries, garlic cloves, rosemary sprigs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.
Instructions
Preheat broiler. Stand neck bones (closetogether for support), meat side up, in rowin heavy large roasting pan.
Brush meatytops with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Broil until meat is deep brown, turningpan for even cooking, about 12 minutes.
Transfer bones to rimmed baking sheet.Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
Place roasting pan over 2 burners.
Add 1/4 cup oil, onions, celery, and carrots.Sauté over medium-high heat until tenderand beginning to brown, about 20 minutes.
Transfer 1 cup vegetable mixture to smallbowl and reserve for sauce.
Add ginger and garlic to pan; stir 30seconds.
Add wine and boil until reduced toglaze, about 5 minutes. Return neck bonesto pan, arranging flat side down in singlelayer. Nestle in herb sprigs, bay leaves, andjuniper berries. Top with pig’s feet, cut sidedown.
Pour broth over and bring to boil.
Cover roasting pan tightly with foiland place in oven. Braise until meat is verytender and falling off bones, about 3 hours.Using tongs, transfer neck bones to rimmedbaking sheet to cool. Discard pig’s feet.
Strain pan juices into large bowl,pressing on solids in strainer to releaseall juices; discard solids. Spoon all fatoff surface of pan juices, reserving 1tablespoon fat for sauce. Return juicesto roasting pan. Boil over 2 burners untilreduced to 3 1/2 cups, about 20 minutes,occasionally stirring up browned bits.
Transfer juices to large pot.
Add reserved1 cup vegetable mixture. Stir 1 tablespoonreserved fat and flour in small bowl tosmooth paste; whisk into sauce. Boil untilreduced to 3 1/2 cups, about 12 minutes.
Addpears to sauce. Simmer pears, uncovered,until tender, about 8 minutes.
Pull all meat off bones; cut meat intobite-size pieces.
Sprinkle lightly withsalt and pepper.
Mix meat into sauce inpot. DO AHEAD: Stew can be made 1 dayahead. Cool 1 hour; cover and refrigerate.Rewarm before continuing.
Spoon stew into large bowl.
Sprinklewith chopped parsley and serve.
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