BEEF SHORT RIBS IN CINNAMON & RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large, heavy saucepan with fitted lid, melt the ghee on medium to high heat.
• Add the cooking oil and the cumin seeds.
• Let the seeds sizzle for 30 seconds.
• Smell the cinnamon bark before adding to the pot.
• If it's very strong, break the bark in ½ and only use half.
• If it's not strong enough, add ½ bark.
• Add the onions& sauté until the onions are medium brown in colour.
• Smell for the cinnamon throughout the cooking process.
• You should smell a mild cinnamon flavour instead of a strong one.
• If cinnamon is the only spice you smell, take out the bark and continue cooking the curry.
• Add the garlic and continue to sauté until garlic is golden brown and onions are a darker brown.
• The darker you sauté the onions without letting them burn, the richer the onion flavour will be in this dish.
• Temporarily lower the heat and add the tomatoes and all of the remaining spices.
• Once you stir the powdered spices in the tomatoes, increase the heat back to medium.
• Stir regularly and continue cooking the spices until the oil/ghee separates from the tomatoes.
• This will take about 10 to 15 minutes.
• If at any time the onions or tomato spice mixture begins to stick to the bottom of the pan or looks like it's about to burn, either lower the heat or add 1 tablespoon of oil or ghee.
• Do not add water.
• This is meant to be a rich curry.
• Stir in the stock and red wine and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until the oil/ghee separates from the stock and rises to the top, stirring occasionally.
• Add the short ribs and stir well.
• Bring back to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer the short ribs until the meat completely separates from the bone.
• This will take approximately 4 hours and you will need to stir occasionally.