Short Ribs Bourguignon

• 4-6 lbs english style short ribs, well marbled
• 2 medium onions, quartered
• 1/2 pound small white mushrooms, cleaned
• 1 medium carrot, washed and cut in large pieces
• 1 stalk celery, washed and quartered
• 1/2 pound small white pickling onions, peeled
• 2-3 tablespoons oil, or enough to brown ribs
• 1 bottle Chateauneuf du Pape, or Crozes Hermitage
• salt to taste
• 4-6 peppercorns, whole
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• 2 tblsp or more butter
• flour or cornstarch for thickening slurry
• 1 glug cognac
• 1 head garlic cut in half around equator
• 1 whole star anise

1. Salt generously the short ribs the day before use. Brown short ribs in a pan in oil and remove to slow cooker plugged into a PID controller. Add the onions, celery and carrot to the pan and sweat. Add to ribs in slow cooker. Add bay leaf, peppercorns, thyme sprig, star anise and garlic to cooker. Deglaze pan the ribs were browned in with splash of cognac and add to the cooker. Add enough wine to cover the ribs, put the lid on the slow cooker, turn the slow cooker on high, set the PID contoller to 180 degrees F. and cook for 8 to 10 hours. Remove ribs from cooker and keep warm. Drain liquid from solids,defat and reduce the remaining liquid in a pot on the stove by 1/2.. Meanwhile in small pot bring small amt water to boil and add onions along with 1 tblsp butter and cook covered. When onions almost tender uncover onions and allow to glaze as water boils away watching to see they don' t burn. Add to ribs. Sweat mushrooms in small amount of melted butter and when cooked add to ribs. Thicken to taste the wine reduction with beurre manie (equal parts butter and flour mashed together) or cornstarch slurry and cook until flour taste removed (if flour is used) or until thickened if cornstarch is used. . Add salt and pepper to taste Add to ribs, mushrooms and onions. Bring to serving temperature and decant if desired to serving dish. Serve 1 rib per person.

english style short ribs, onions, white mushrooms, carrot, stalk celery, white pickling onions, oil, chateauneuf, salt, peppercorns, bay leaf, thyme, tblsp, flour, cognac, garlic, star anise

Taken from food52.com/recipes/8586-short-ribs-bourguignon (may not work)