short ribs bourguignon
Living in a 660 square foot apartment makes in impossible for us to host Thanksgiving dinner, which is too bad because I’ve got that meal all planned out in my head, from the cornbread-chorizo stuffing to the turkey recipe and root vegetable gratin, ready and waiting for the day we get a dining room table! (Also, a dining room. .) We also can’t host the major Jewish holidays or but when we asked for the less-popular or significant Hanukah, we were deemed acceptable hosts so long as we don’t poison anyone, so for the second year now, we’ve run with it.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 20 of 22 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 20 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Peanut Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Veal | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 large baking potato (1 pound), peeled
- 1 small onion (4 ounces), peeled
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon matzo meal
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (update: found later on we preferred only one teaspoon salt)
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Peanut oil, for frying
- 4 (8-oz) pieces bone-in beef short ribs
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 medium carrots, finely chopped
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 (14-oz) can whole San Marzano tomatoes in juice, puréed
- in a blender with juice
- 1 1/2 cups dry red wine
- 4 cups brown veal stock or 1/2 cup Demi-Glace Gold concentrate (concentrate requires a dilution ratio of 1:8; 1/2 cup concentrate to 4 cups water)*
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon Banyuls vinegar or red-wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 20 pearl onions (5 oz)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon Banyuls vinegar or red-wine vinegar
- 2 cups chicken stock or reduced-sodium chicken broth (16
- fl oz)
- 4 medium carrots, cut diagonally into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- 3 thick bacon slices (preferably applewood-smoked; 1/4 lb total), cut crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces**
- 8 medium fresh white mushrooms, trimmed and quartered lengthwise