BRAISED SHORT RIB PIZZA

Ingredients:

• One large onion
• Brown sugar
• Butter
• One package of cheddar (or pizza) cheese
• One 4 oz. container of goat cheese
• Olive oil
• Braised short ribs (leftovers)
• Pizza dough
• Flour

I recently got this fantastic and easy-to-do braised short rib recipe from Rachael Ray’s website. I recommend you try it for a Sunday dinner….melt-in-your-mouth yummy! But I always buy too many short ribs and have some left over.

Friday night is my night to whip it up in the kitchen after a long week. There is nothing better than popping open a bottle of wine, heating up the pizza stone, and rolling out the dough (okay, there might be something better, but humor me, please).

Here’s my latest concoction:

Start by caramelizing the onions by sautéing them in butter and adding brown sugar.

Roll out the dough in the flour and put it on the hot pizza stone (rolling out again, if need be, to spread it out)

Drizzle the olive oil on the dough

Sprinkle the cheese (I used cheddar last time, but you may want to stick w/ mozzarella or pizza cheese)

Add the caramelized onions

Add the goat cheese

Add the leftover braised short ribs (best to microwave them first and then shred the beef)

Cook at 400 degrees for about 12-15 minutes.

Remove from oven, cool, slice, enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

By Stephanie Neil

Stephanie Neil is a journalist. Her business, technology, and human interest stories have appeared in a variety of print and online newspapers and magazines including eWeek, Managing Automation, The Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Huggies Baby Network, South Shore Woman, and The Boston Globe.  She lives on the South Shore with her two kids, two cats, and a dog. Contact info: stephanieneil@comcast.net  or 781-378-1652. Follow her on Twitter @StephanieNeil