Paprika-Braised Short Ribs with Pinched Butter Dumplings (Csipetke) - Wheat Recipes | Anson Mills -

Ingredients

• 5 pounds English-style beef short ribs
• Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons fat skimmed from the beef stock
• 1½ cups minced shallot (5 or 6 large shallots)
• 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons (½ ounce) sweet paprika
• 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons (½ ounce) hot paprika
• 1½ cups medium-bodied, fairly young red wine with good fruit and minerality, such as Malbec
• 1 quart Good Old-Fashioned Beef Stock, warmed
• 2.8 ounces (½ cup) Anson Mills Ancient Emmer Semolina
• 2.3 ounces (½ cup) Anson Mills Colonial Style Fine Cloth-Bolted Pastry Flour, plus additional for dusting the work surface
• Fine sea salt
• 1.5 ounces (3 tablespoons) beaten egg from 1 large egg
• 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 1.7 ounces (3½ tablespoons) sparkling water
• 1½ tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon caraway seeds
• 5 (5-inch) Hungarian wax peppers or 3 (8-inch) banana peppers, seeded, sliced into thin rounds, blanched for 5 seconds, and drained well OR 1 small sweet onion, shaved into rounds
• Sour cream