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Beef Brisket Pot Roast

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Ingredients

  • Beef Brisket - 4-5 pound
  • Salt - Dash
  • Onion - 3
  • Garlic - 5 cloves
  • Thyme - 1 Sprig
  • Rosemary - 1 sprig
  • Bay Leaves - 4
  • beef stock - 2 cups
  • Carrots - 3 Large
  • Mustard - 1 Tbsp
  • Potatoes - 4 Mashed

Instructions

  • 1 Prepare the brisket for cooking: On one side of the brisket there should be a layer of fat, which you want.
  • If there are any large chunks of fat, cut them off and discard them.
  • Large pieces of fat will not be able to render out completely.
  • Using a sharp knife, score the fat in parallel lines, about 3/4-inch apart.
  • Slice through the fat, not the beef.
  • Repeat in the opposite direction to make a cross-hatch pattern.
  • Salt the brisket well and let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
  • 2 Sear the brisket: You'll need an oven-proof, thick-bottomed pot with a cover, or Dutch oven, that is just wide enough to hold the brisket roast with a little room for the onions.
  • Pat the brisket dry and place it, fatty side down, into the pot and place it on medium high heat.
  • Cook for 5-8 minutes, lightly sizzling, until the fat side is nicely browned.
  • (If the roast seems to be cooking too fast, turn the heat down to medium.
  • You want a steady sizzle, not a raging sear.
  • ) Turn the brisket over and cook for a few minutes more to brown the other side.
  • 3 Sauté the onions and garlic: When the brisket has browned, remove it from the pot and set aside.
  • There should be a couple tablespoons of fat rendered in the pot, if not, add some olive oil.
  • Add the chopped onions and increase the heat to high.
  • Sprinkle a little salt on the onions.
  • Sauté, stirring often, until the onions are lightly browned, 5-8 minutes.
  • Stir in the garlic and cook 1-2 more minutes.
  • 4 Return brisket to pot, add herbs, stock, bring to simmer, cover, cook in oven: Preheat the oven to 300°F.
  • Use kitchen twine to tie together the bay leaves, rosemary and thyme.
  • Move the onions and garlic to the sides of the pot and nestle the brisket inside.
  • Add the beef stock and the tied-up herbs.
  • Bring the stock to a boil on the stovetop.
  • Cover the pot, place the pot in the 300°F oven and cook for 3 hours.
  • Carefully flip the brisket every hour so it cooks evenly.
  • 5 Add carrots, continue to cook: After 3 hours, add the carrots.
  • Cover the pot and cook for 1 hour more, or until the carrots are cooked through and the brisket is falling-apart tender.
  • 6 Remove brisket to cutting board, tent with foil: When the brisket is falling-apart tender, take the pot out of the oven and remove the brisket to a cutting board.
  • Cover it with foil.
  • Pull out and discard the herbs.
  • 7 Make sauce (optional): At this point you have two options.
  • You can serve as is, or you can make a sauce with the drippings and some of the onions.
  • If you serve as is, skip this step.
  • To make a sauce, remove the carrots and half of the onions, set aside and cover them with foil.
  • Pour the ingredients that are remaining into the pot into a blender, and purée until smooth.
  • If you want, add 1 tablespoon of mustard to the mix.
  • Put into a small pot and keep warm.
  • 8 Slice the meat across the grain: Notice the lines of the muscle fibers of the roast.
  • This is the "grain" of the meat.
  • Slice the meat perpendicular to these lines, or across the grain (cutting this way further tenderizes the meat), in 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch slices.
  • Serve with the onions, carrots and gravy.
  • Serve with mashed, roasted or boiled potatoes, egg noodles or polenta.

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