Tomato-Beef Sauce with Cinnamon, Cloves, and Parsley

Name: Tomato-Beef Sauce with Cinnamon, Cloves, and Parsley
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 (Makes about 3 1/2 cups, enough for 1 lb pasta)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon, olive oil; 1 1/2 pounds, beef short ribs, trimmed of fat; 1 , medium onion, minced; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; Pinch, ground cloves; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh parsley leaves; 1/2 cup, red wine; 1 (28-ounce) can, whole tomatoes, drained, juice reserved, tomatoes chopped fine

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2000

SERVES4 to 6 (Makes about 3 1/2 cups, enough for 1 lb pasta)

TIME2¾ hours

Tomato-Beef Sauce with Cinnamon, Cloves, and Parsley

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a rich meat sauce using today’s lean pork, we relied on a fattier cut like country-style pork ribs, which turned meltingly tender when cooked and gave the tomato sauce a truly meaty flavor. Beef short ribs were also good, but since they...

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