Beef Brisket with Onion-Lemon Marmalade and Sweet Potatoes
Beef Brisket with Onion-Lemon Marmalade and Sweet Potatoes might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free and dairy free recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains roughly 49g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 510 calories. It is perfect for Hanukkah. Head to the store and pick up marjoram, beef brisket, lemons, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemons you could follow this main course with the Blackberry Lemon Chess Pie w/ Honey Jumbleberry Sauce. How I won the SF Food Wars – Pie or Die Competition as a dessert. It is a pretty expensive recipe for fans of Jewish food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.
Instructions
Trim and discard excess fat from brisket. In a 12- by 18-in. roasting pan, place onion slices and 3/4 of lemon slices; wrap remaining lemon airtight and chill.
Lay brisket on top of onion and lemon in pan.
In a bowl, stir together port, sugar, and marjoram until sugar dissolves, then pour evenly over brisket.
Sprinkle brisket with pepper and tightly cover pan with foil.
Bake until brisket is very tender when pierced, about 4 hours. Meanwhile, about 1 1/2 hours before brisket is scheduled to be done, pierce each sweet potato with a fork and set on oven rack alongside or above brisket.
When brisket is tender, uncover pan and return it to the oven to brown the meat slightly, about 15 minutes.
Remove brisket from pan and place on a platter; keep warm. When potatoes are soft when pressed, remove them from oven, add to brisket platter, and keep warm.
Skim off and discard fat from pan juices.
Place roasting pan on the stove over high heat; boil juices, uncovered, stirring often. As mixture thickens, reduce heat to medium and stir constantly until marmalade is thick and shiny and reduced to 1 1/2 cups, 20 to 30 minutes.
Spoon marmalade over brisket, then garnish with reserved lemon slices.
Cut brisket across the grain to serve.
Recommended wine: Shiraz, Tempranillo, Zinfandel
Brisket on the menu? Try pairing with Shiraz, Tempranillo, and Zinfandel. All these red wines can handle the meaty, smokey flavor of brisket. If you're talking traditional Jewish brisket, you'll want to look for a kosher red wine. The K Vintners Morrison Lane Syrah with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 50 dollars per bottle.
K Vintners Morrison Lane Syrah
Oldest Syrah plantings in the Walla Walla Valley, southeastern facing slopes, slightly cooler site in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. Tightly wound for a long life. Roasted earth, lavender, dried herb, and cured meat. Serious pedigree, serious wine.