Slow cooked beef short ribs

Name: Slow cooked beef short ribs
Ingredients: 2 tsp. sunflower oil, for frying; 2 kg (4 ½lb) beef short ribs; 6 banana shallots, peeled and quartered; 2 cinnamon sticks; 3 star anise; 6 garlic cloves, peeled and bruised; 9 cm (3 ½ in) piece root ginger, peeled and sliced in to matchsticks; 1 orange; 900 mL (1 ½ pint) beef stock; 2 tbsp. rice wine vinegar; 2 tbsp. soy sauce; 2 tbsp. runny honey; 250 g (9oz) shiitake mushrooms, quartered; Jasmine rice, black sesame seeds and steamed pak choi or seasonal greens, to serve; Micro herbs (optional), we used Marks & Spencer Japanese selection