Week 8 into my Cooking Class!

Hello Hello!

Time is flying by so fast!  It's already week 8 into my cooking class! Couple more weeks and we are done with the semester. I always look forward to my Monday class.. why? I have my cooking class on Mondays!

Well, this week, we learned about Beef! Which means, we cooked lots of food that has BEEF as it's main ingredient! (YES!) We had short ribs, steak in lettuce rolls, shepherd's pie, skirt steak, and grilled beef tenderloin! I will be posting up what our group was in charge of right below here, along with pictures of all the food we made!

Our group was in charge of making the Short Ribs with Tomatoes, Olives, and Gremolata with Polenta! (mouthful, I know!) It was such a great dish! This is a MUST TRY AT HOME dish! :) Enjoy!!

Like always, if you want to know the recipes of any of the food we made in our cooking class, shoot me an email with the name of the food and I will gladly post that up! :)

SHORT RIBS WITH TOMATOES, OLIVES AND GREMOLATA WITH POLENTA


INGREDIENTS:


6 lbs                                           Short Ribs
1/2 Cups                                    All-Purpose Flour
2 Tbsp                                       Olive Oil
3 Tbsp                                        Unsalted Butter
2                                                 Medium Onion, halved lengthwise, and thinly sliced
1                                                 Small Carrot, finely diced
1                                                 Celery Rib, finely diced
2                                                 Garlic Cloves, finely chopped
1 Cup                                          White Wine
1 Cup                                           Beef Broth
1                                                  28 oz can whole plum tomatoes with juice, coarsely chopped
1 Cup                                           Kalamata Olives, pitted and halved
1 1/2 Tsp                                     Fresh Thyme, chopped
2                                                  Flat-leaf parsely sprigs
1                                                  Turkish Bay Leaf
2                                                  Strips of lemon zest, cut into fine julienne
1 Tsp                                            Salt, or to taste
1/2 Tsp                                        Ground black pepper, or to tase

FOR GREMOLATA:
3 Tbsp                                         Chopped fresh flat-leaf parsely
1                                                  Garlic Clove, finely minced
1 Tsp                                           Finely grated lemon zest

FOR POLENTA:
4 Cups                                        Water
to taste                                        Salt
1 Cup                                          Medium-grain yellow polenta
4 Tbsp                                         Butter
1 Cup                                          Cream Cheese

PROCEDURE:


FOR MEAT:
1. Preheat oven to 325F.
2. Pat dry short ribs and season with salt and pepper. Dredge in flour, make sure to shake off excess flour, and seared in a oil/butter combination in a skillet until evenly browned. Do meat in batches, and transfer to a plate.
3. Then once meat is seared, pour off searing fat from skillet, and add remaining butter.
4. Add Sweet onions, carrot, celery, and garlic, and cook until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
5. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring.
6. Arrange short ribs in a pot in 1 layer and return to a simmer.
7. Cover pot and braise short ribs in  middle rack of oven until very tender, about 2.5 hours.

FOR GREMOLATA:
1. Stir together gremolata ingredients in a small bowl.

FOR POLENTA:
1. Heat water lightly seasoned with salt to a boil over high heat, about 5 minutes.
2. Quickly whisk in the polenta until fully incorporated.
3. Lower the heat to a low simmer, add the butter and allow the polenta to cook, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
4. Finish by stirring in the cream cheese and salt to taste.



I.C.A.
Ms. Piggy.

Final Product of the Short Ribs with Tomatoes, Olives and Gremolata with Polenta

In process of making the Short Ribs

Short Ribs. Short Ribs. Short Ribs.

Grilled Beef Tenderloin with Asparagus and Roasted Red Onion Vinaigrette

Shepherd's Pie

This was my favorite! :)

Deliciousness...

Grilled Garlic-Marinated Skirt Steak with Lime!

Same as above!

Steak in Lettuce Rolls

Short Ribs with Gremolata and Polenta!

Same as above

My Plate!

close up! :) Everything was so delicious!