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Oven Brisket with Root Vegetables
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Oven Brisket with Root Vegetables

Juicy, pull-apart brisket slow-cooked in the oven with red wine, root vegetables and rich beef broth.

⏱ 3 hr 50 min🍽 6 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Sprinkle the smoked paprika, salt and black pepper over the meat on all sides.
  3. 3
    Heat the olive oil in an ovenproof pot and brown the meat 3 minutes per side. Transfer it to a plate.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveCast-iron pot
    💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
  4. 4
    Add the onion and carrot to the oil left in the pot and fry 5 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStovePot
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  5. 5
    Add the garlic and fry about 30 seconds to 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.
  6. 6
    Pour the wine into the pot and scrape up what's stuck to the bottom. Return the meat to the pot and add the stock and rosemary sprigs.
    Stove
  7. 7
    Cover the pot and bake 3.5 hours, until the meat is very tender.
    OvenCast-iron pot
  8. 8
    Remove the meat and boil the sauce uncovered 10 minutes, until reduced. Slice the meat and serve with the sauce.
    StoveKnifeCutting board
719calories
67 gprotein
11 gcarbs
37 gfat
● protein 41%● carbs 7%● fat 52%

Per serving (486 g), of 6 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Cast-iron pot · Also works: Pot (Holds less heat, burns on the bottom) · Glass / ovenproof baking dish (In the oven, covered with foil)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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