Brisket of Beef
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Martha Stewart Living, April 1995
- Yield Serves 10 to 12
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Ingredients
- 1 brisket of beef (about 5 1/2 pounds), top flap removed and fat trimmed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 large onions (about 2 1/2 pounds), thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 cups dry red wine
- 5 medium carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 2 celery stalks, peeled to remove strings, cut into 2-inch pieces
- One 28-ounce can plum tomatoes, with juice, pureed though a food mill
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Trim any remaining excess fat from brisket. Season both sides of brisket well with salt and pepper.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a heavy casserole over medium-high heat. Add brisket, and brown very well, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate, and set aside.
- Reduce heat to medium low, add remaining tablespoon olive oil, onions, and garlic, and cook, stirring frequently, until quite brown and very soft, about 25 minutes. Add red wine, raise heat to high, and bring to a boil. Cook about 2 minutes, scraping up the brown bits on the bottom of the pot. Add carrots, celery, and tomatoes, and stir well to combine.
- Return brisket to the pot, spooning some liquid and vegetables over it. Cover, and transfer to the oven. Cook until very tender, about 3 hours, carefully turning meat after 1 1/2 hours.
- Let cool slightly, and remove brisket, being careful not to shred it. Transfer sauce and vegetables from the pot to a food processor, and process until very smooth. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper if necessary. If preparing the day before, return brisket to pot, pour sauce over, and refrigerate. If serving right away, return sauce to the pot. Slice meat across the grain into 1/4-inch-thick slices, and place in sauce. Warm over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes.
- If refrigerated overnight, remove brisket from refrigerator, and slice across the grain. Add sliced meat to sauce, and reheat over medium-low heat untill warmed through, about 30 minutes.
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I made it this weekend. It is REALLY delicious and EASY! I HIGHLY recommend this recipe!
You don't need to spend a lot of money on a french oven. You just need a covered large roasting pan - very readily available around Thanksgiving time. Or you can use a disposable foil roasting pan and cover with heavy duty aluminum foil. This works just as well and makes clean up a breeze.
In a heavy casserole dish what is heavy what makes it heavy should it be cast iron should I spend 239 dollars on a 6q t french oven? which allow for multi tasking?? help what is your brisket in???
This was so good I made it for hanukkah and my husband said it was better than his moms!
This brisket was my first and it came out fantastic! So tender, it fell apart but no one cared because it was so delicious.
Tip for the tomatoes...no need to use a food mill because it all ends up in the food processor after it's cooked anyway.