Honey & Soy Braised Short Ribs with Cucumber and Cabbage Pickle – Rio Vista Olives

Ingredients

• 4 Manning Valley short ribs (1.2-1.5kg total weight)
• 3 tablespoons Rio Vista Olives Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Salt and pepper
• 3/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup Shaoxing cooking wine or dry sherry
• 2 inch piece ginger, peeled and cut into matchsticks
• 6 star anise
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 tablespoon white peppercorns
• 1/3 cup Nature Nate’s Honey
• 2pkts Perfection Qukes ( baby cucumbers)
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/4 cup Rio Vista Olives Garlic Pressed Olive Oil
• 3 small dried red chillies
• 1 large knob of ginger, peeled and cut into a fine matchsticks
• 2 long red chillies seeded and cut into fine matchsticks
• 1 head of Perfection Bambino sweet baby cabbage
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoons Sichuan pepper roasted and ground
• 1/4 cup black vinegar