# Beef short rib rigatoni

A flavorful slow-cooked beef short rib rigatoni pasta dish, perfect for impressing someone special.

- Total time: 210 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Beef short rib
- Paprika
- Onion granules
- Garlic granules
- Sea salt
- Black pepper
- Oil
- Chopped carrots
- Chopped shallots
- Chopped garlic
- Garlic puree
- 1 Beef stock pot
- Fresh thyme
- 2 Bay leaves
- Chopped parsley
- 0.75 jar Passata
- Boiling water
- Worcestershire sauce
- Parmesan cheese
- Red wine
- 1 tub Cream
- Rigatoni pasta
- Garlic bread

## Instructions

1. Wash the beef short ribs.
2. Season the beef short ribs generously with paprika, onion granules, garlic granules, sea salt, and black pepper.
3. Add a little oil to the seasoned short ribs and marinate thoroughly using your hands.
4. Heat a little oil in a pan and brown all sides of the beef short ribs.
5. Once browned, remove the beef short ribs from the pan and set aside.
6. In the same pan, add chopped carrots, chopped shallots, and chopped garlic, then mix well.
7. Add garlic puree and a beef stock pot to the vegetables, then mix.
8. Add fresh thyme, bay leaves, and chopped parsley to the pan, then mix through.
9. Pour about three-quarters of a jar of passata into the pan.
10. Top up with boiling water and mix everything together.
11. Add Worcestershire sauce and a generous amount of parmesan cheese, then stir until the cheese is melted.
12. Optionally, add a little red wine to the sauce and mix.
13. Add the browned beef short ribs back into the sauce, cover the pan, and let it cook for about 3 hours on high heat.
14. During the cooking time, check on the meat continuously; if needed, add more water or the remaining passata.
15. After about 3.5 hours, the meat should be falling off the bone, remove the bones and set the meat aside.
16. Remove herbs like thyme and bay leaves from the sauce.
17. Add a little more water, a full tub of cream, and more parmesan cheese to the sauce, then mix well.
18. Use a hand blender to blend the sauce until smooth, getting rid of any lumps.
19. Add a little of the pasta water to loosen up the sauce.
20. Shred the cooked beef short ribs using two forks, removing any fatty bits.
21. Add the shredded meat back into the pasta sauce and combine completely.
22. Add the cooked rigatoni pasta to the sauce and meat mixture, ensuring all pieces are completely coated.
23. Serve the pasta in a bowl and top with more parmesan cheese and chopped parsley.
24. Optionally, serve with garlic bread on the side.

## Equipment

- Bowl
- Pan
- Tongs
- Spatula
- Hand blender
- Colander

## Tips

- Check on the short ribs continuously during cooking time and add more water if needed.
- Remove fatty bits from the meat after cooking.
- Use a hand blender to get rid of any lumps in the sauce.
- Choose any pasta you like for this dish.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdqqSWDG/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b9765e25-b8ea-478c-ac57-a5805a1e15ba
- Extracted: 2025-09-06

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