Michael Ruhlman » short ribs http://ruhlman.com Translating the Chef’s Craft for Every Kitchen Fri, 24 May 2013 03:01:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Le Creuset Giveaway: The Way to Braise http://ruhlman.com/2012/10/le-creuset-giveaway-the-way-to-braise/ http://ruhlman.com/2012/10/le-creuset-giveaway-the-way-to-braise/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:22:39 +0000 Michael Ruhlman http://ruhlman.com/?p=14765

We're back with another cooking lesson and Le Creuset giveaway! This time with my favorite cooking method: braising. Why is it my favorite? Because it so definitively expresses what real cooking is: transformation. Great cooking is about transforming something that would be unpleasant to eat into something exquisite. In my view, grilling a steak is not cooking, it's heating. That's not to diminish grilling steaks—one of my favorite activities and foods to eat. It can be done well or poorly, but it doesn't transform food, which is what truly inspires me in the kitchen. To transform pork shoulder into a sausage is cooking. Whether caramelizing onions to develop their sweetness or toasting seasonings in a pan to grind and create a curry, that's cooking. And braising, transforming tough cuts of meat into meltingly tender mouthfuls of pleasure—that is cooking. In the above video, I talk about the ...

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Full meal on the grill/all photos by donna turner ruhlman

A few weeks ago, I made a full meal on the grill, grilled green beans, grilled vidalia onion, and some awesome grilled short ribs.  The following are three recipes, techniques really, for making barbecued beef short ribs, cooking them start to finish on the grill, pre-cooking them and finishing them on the grill, and cooking them sous vide and finishing them on the grill.  (If you don't have a wood or charcoal grill, I really don't recommend doing short ribs this way.) Use whatever your favorite barbecue sauce is, store bought or homemade. (I need to do a homemade barbecue sauce post! Anyone wants to make suggestions, feel free in comments.) I recommend the first method because it results in a deeply smokey flavor, ...

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