Crockpot Short Ribs With Pomegranate Molasses

Recipe courtesy of Shannon Sarna | The Nosher

•  Total Time: 6 hours half-hour

Ingredients

• 3½ lb bone-in brief ribs
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp dried coriander
• ½ tsp candy paprika
• pinch crimson pepper flakes
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 ribs of celery, diced
• 1 heaping Tbsp tomato paste
• 1½ cups rooster, beef or veal inventory
• 1½ cups crimson wine

• 3 Tbsp soy sauce
• ⅓ cup pomegranate molasses + further for serving
• recent parsley (non-obligatory)
• pomegranate arils (non-obligatory)

Instructions

1. Mix collectively the cinnamon, coriander, paprika, crimson pepper flakes, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
2. Place the brief ribs on a big plate and rub the spice combine all around the ribs, protecting all sides. Allow to sit down within the fridge coated in plastic wrap a couple of hours when you’ve got the time.
3. Heat a couple of Tbsp olive oil in a big pan over medium-high warmth. Sear the brief ribs on all sides till brown. You will wish to do that in batches relying on what number of ribs you make.
4. When all of the ribs have been seared, place them into the underside of your sluggish cooker.
5. Drain off all oil in pan, apart from round 2-3 Tbsp. Add onion and celery to the pan and sauté till translucent, about 4-6 minutes. Add garlic and proceed to prepare dinner. After a couple of minutes, add 1 heaping Tbsp tomato paste and prepare dinner till the tomato has included into the greens.
6. Add the cooked greens to the sluggish cooker with the inventory, wine, soy sauce and pomegranate molasses. Set your sluggish cooker for six hours on excessive and permit to prepare dinner, guaranteeing the brief ribs are fully coated with liquid.
7. When brief ribs are completed cooking, garnish an additional drizzle of pomegranate molasses, recent chopped parsley and pomegranate seeds, if desired.

• Prep Time: half-hour
• Cook Time: 6 hours