Beef

Cherry Sage Short Ribs

  • Preparation
    30 minutes
  • Cook Time
    2 hours
  • Serves
    2 people
  • Difficulty
    4/10
Behind the Recipe

I Spent Six Summers in the Cherry Orchards

Picking fruit with my older brothers is one of my fondest memories. The days were long, but sunburns and scratches faded with every bite of tart, dark cherries. Hot weather still takes me back to that little Michigan farm, losing pit-spitting contests to Bill, and cracking jokes through red-stained lips.

Seems like ages ago when we came up with this recipe for Cherry Sage Short Ribs. Yet every July when the heat breaks 32°C, I pull out the grill and call up my brothers. We may live states apart now, but we’ll always have plenty of memories and plenty of cherries.

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1.3 kg of beef short ribs
  • 25 cherries, pitted
  • ¼ cup of molasses
  • 1 teaspoon of Sriracha or favorite hot sauce
  • 1 large shallot, diced
  • 1 tablespoon of water
  • 8-10 sage leaves
  • ½ teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
  • A pinch of sea salt
  • 4-6 cloves of garlic

Preparation

  • Over medium heat, fill a small saucepan with the cherries, molasses, Sriracha, the shallot, water, Worcestershire sauce, sea salt, and about 5 of the sage leaves. Cook until the shallot is tender, then set aside to let cool.
  • Transfer your mixture to a blender or food processor, and blend until smooth.
  • Place the beef short ribs in a large dish. Brush half of the sauce you just made over the ribs, saving the other half, and then refrigerate the ribs for about an hour.
  • Preheat the Pellet grill to 135°C.
  • Set the ribs on the grill. Add in the garlic cloves, and several more sage leaves around the ribs.

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Grill the ribs for an hour, then coat them with the remaining sauce.

  2. 2

    Grill the ribs for an additional hour, then remove from heat.

  3. 3

    Let your ribs cool for around 5 minutes, then dig in!

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