Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs {Goyisha Flanken} {Instant Pot}

These Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs {Goyisha Flanken} are melt in your mouth luxurious, swimming in a rich red wine sauce!

Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs {Goyisha Flanken}

A meal of Flanken is something most Jews learn about at a very early age.  Typically, Flanken has a tomato base with just a few spices.  The star of the show is the long and slow cooked Flanken (short ribs) in a rich tomato and red wine liquid base.  Growing up in Miami, way back when, I was lucky enough to experience lots and lots of Mom & Pop restaurants, many of them, Jewish style.  Wolfies in Miami Beach and my favorite Jewish restaurant, whose name escapes me in Coral Gables, served the most delicious Flanken, served in big bowls with crusty bread.

For this recipe, try it over a plate of my Dreamy Creamy Goat Cheese Polenta.

Cast of Ingredients for Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs

Before I publish my Jewish Style Flanken recipe, I thought I would first cook up Ree Drummond‘s Red Wine Braised Short Ribs recipe, as I thought her little twist on Flanken sounded interesting.  That and a few of my readers have asked me to convert this recipe for them.  In order to differentiate my recipe from Ree’s, I named this Flanken recipe, Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs {Goyisha Flanken} because of the Pancetta.  Before anyone decides to take offense to the name of this dish, remember, the hubs is a Goy!

Dice up the Pancetta

Pancetta is pretty much unsmoked, cured pork belly, whereas bacon is cured and smoked.  If you prefer to use bacon, the thin cut is what you will want.  The rendered fat is what we are after, for this Goyisha Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs recipe.  Hehehe…. my grandmother must be turning in her grave.  🙂

Dice up the Pancetta or Bacon and get ready to crisp it up in your Pressure Cooker.

Chop the Vegetables

In Ree’s oven/stove top recipe, she dices the vegetables.  When using a Pressure Cooker for vegetables, along with tough piece of meat, the vegetables will disintegrate from a longer cook time.  To avoid this from happening in this recipe, chop the vegetables into bite size pieces, rather than dicing them into small pieces.

Salt and Pepper the Short Ribs

Using Kosher Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper, generously salt and pepper the ribs on all sides.

Add the Pancetta to a Pressure Cooker Cooking Pot

Heat your Pressure Cooker up fully before adding a fat or anytime that you will be sautéing or browning any food.  Heating a stainless steal pot before adding a fat, will help to make your cooking pot, non stick.

Add the Pancetta and watch the fat render out of the meat.  This is where a lot of the flavor will emerge.

Cook Pancetta until Crisp

There won’t be tons of grease rendered, but there will be enough to add wonderful flavor to this Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs {Goyisha Flanken}.

After removing the Pancetta, add a little Olive Oil to the Cooking Pot

Remove the Pancetta and set it aside.  It will be added back in at the end.  Add a little Olive Oil and get ready to give the Short Ribs a little sear.

Dredge the Short Ribs in Flour

Using Stainless Steel Tongs dredge each Short Rib through the flour and then SHAKE OFF the excess!

Sear the Short Ribs on all Sides

For those of you watching carbs, you can skip the flouring step altogether.  For those of you not watching carbs, you can skip the flouring step altogether.  Give the Short Ribs a quick sear on all sides, about 30 seconds a side.  Don’t worry if the entire Rib is not completely browned.   Sear as many ribs at a time as you like.  I used my 8 Quart Pressure Cooker for this recipe, so I was able to fit more ribs in the bottom to brown, than in my 6 Quart Pressure Cooker.

Any size Pressure Cooker will work for this recipe.  If you want to put the Short Ribs on their sides to fit more in and/or do a larger batch, that is totally fine.  They can even be piled on top of each other.

Sear all Short Ribs and Remove to a Plate

Remove each Short Rib to a plate, after they have been seared on all sides.  They will be added back in after we Sauté the vegetables.

Add the Veggies

After all the Short Ribs have removed to a separate plate, add in the Chopped Vegetables and Sauté for about two minutes.  Not to much!  Just until they begin to sweat.  We want them to remain in tact, so that they can be spooned over the luscious Goyisha Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs.  This is just cracking me up!

Add Wine and Deglaze Pot

After the vegetables have just started to become soft, pour in your Wine and deglaze the pot.  Use a Spatula and scrape the bottom to remove any stuck on bits.  That is where delicious flavor lives.  The bits should easily release, since you have made your Cooking Pot, non stick.  Some of the alcohol will also burn off during the deglazing process.

Add some Salt and Pepper to Taste

Add a bit more Kosher Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper, tasting to make sure it is to your liking.  You can always add more in the end, so don’t over do the seasoning.

Add the Short Ribs to the Cooking Pot

Add all the Short Ribs to the Pressure Cooker cooking pot and nestle them down into the Wine and Vegetables.   You will want equal amounts of Red Wine and Beef Broth.

Pour in Beef Broth

Depending on the size of Pressure Cooker you are using, will determine the amount of the liquid, but start with 1.5 cups of each.  In my 8 Quart Pressure Cooker, I have added in 12 oz of Beef Broth and it is fine.

Add Fresh Rosemary and Thyme

Toss in the crisp Pancetta that was set aside earlier and top with Fresh Rosemary and Thyme.  The fresh herbs are less potent than dry, so if you use dry, only use a pinch.  The Rosemary taste is not overwhelming in this recipe.

Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs with Goat Cheese Polenta

After all Pressure has released allow the Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs to rest, so that the fat will begin to rise to the top.  Alternatively, you can put the pot in the refrigerator and then remove the solid fat from the top.

Ree served these Short Ribs over Dreamy Creamy Goat Cheese Polenta and so did I.

Pressure Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes are delicious with these Goyisha Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs  as well!  For another delicious beef dish, try my Pressure Cooker Chinese Take-Out Beef & Broccoli.

Kitchen Equipment and Essentials

• Instant Pot DUO80 (8 Quart)
• J.A. Henckels Classic 7-inch Hollow Edge Santoku Knife
• Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
• Culina Stackable (Dry) Stainless Steel Measuring Cups
• Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
• Cilio Olivewood Spatula
• Rachael Ray Stoneware EVOO Oil Dispensing Bottle
• Alton Brown Salt Box
• Bellemain Porcelain Ramekins
• John Boos Maple Cutting Board with Groove
• Beef Broth
• Freshly Ground Pepper
• Stainless Steel Tongs

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Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs {Goyisha Flanken}

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hrs 15 mins

 

These Pressure Cooker Red Wine Braised Short Ribs {Goyisha Flanken} are melt in your mouth luxurious, swimming in a rich red wine sauce!

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4 servings

Author: This Old Gal

Ingredients

• 8 Short Ribs fat trimmed from top
• 3 oz Pancetta diced
• 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil extra virgin
• 1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt (or to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper freshly grated, (or to taste)
• 1 medium Onion chopped
• 3 medium Carrots chopped
• 2 medium Shallots chopped
• 1.5 cups Dry Red Wine Dry, not Sweet
• 1.5 cups Beef Broth or more if needed
• 2 sprighs Fresh Rosemary
• 2 sprigs Fresh Thyme

Instructions

1. Dice up the Pancetta and chop up the onions, shallots, carrots and set aside.

2. Salt and pepper ribs on all sides and dredge in flour.  Shake off excess flour and set aside.

3. Using the Sauté, Browning or Meat Button on your Pressure Cooker, allow your cooking put to fully heat.

4. Add diced Pancetta and cook until fat is rendered and meat is crispy.  Remove the Pancetta from the cooking pot, leaving the grease and set aside.

5. Add Olive Oil to the Pressure Cooker cooking pot.   Add ribs, two or more at a time and brown on all sides.  Remove to a plate and repeat, until all ribs are nicely browned.

6. Add in shallots, onions and carrots and cook for 2 minutes, or until slightly sweating.

7. Pour in Red Wine and deglaze the cooking pot.

8. Turn off Pressure Cooker and add salt and pepper to taste.

9. Carefully place ribs into the Pressure Cooker and pour in Beef Broth to almost cover ribs.  Throw in Pancetta and top with Rosemary and Thyme Sprigs.

10. Lock on lid and close Pressure Valve.  Cook on high pressure for 45 minutes.

11. When Beep is heard, allow a full Natural Pressure Release.  Let Pot sit for 15 minutes and carefully skim off fat.

Recipe Notes

Alternatively, you can place the Cooking Pot in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight, so the fat will rise to the surface and harden, making it easier to remove.  Short Ribs taste even better, the next day.

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