Oven-Braised Corned Beef Brisket

Oven-Braised Corned Beef Brisket
The recipe Oven-Braised Corned Beef Brisket is ready in roughly 45 minutes and is definitely Head to the store and pick up peppercorns, lemon, center-cut corned beef brisket, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing It works well as a main course.

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Trim and discard most of the surface fat from brisket. Rinse meat well under cool running water, rubbing gently to release its corning salt.
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Lay meat, fattiest side up, in a 2-inch-deep, 11- by 15- or 16-inch roasting pan. Thinly slice lemon (discard seeds) and onion and lay slices over meat.
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Sprinkle with peppercorns, allspice, and cloves.
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Set pan on middle rack in a 325 oven.
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Pour about 8 cups boiling water around brisket, seal the pan with foil, and bake until meat is very tender when pierced, about 4 hours. Uncover and drain off all but about 1 cup of the liquid. If desired, reserve the lemon and onion slices and rearrange them on top of the meat.
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In a small bowl, mix the mustard and brown sugar; spread evenly over meat, on top of the onion-lemon mixture. Broil about 8 inches from heat until the mustard mixture begins to brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
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Transfer the brisket to a platter.
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Serve hot, warm, or cold; slice meat across the grain.
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Notes: The weight of the meat shrinks by about half as the brisket cooks.
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Recommended wine: Shiraz, Tempranillo, Zinfandel

Beef Brisket works really well 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 Bunnell Family Cellar Mountain Syrah with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 47 dollars per bottle.
Bunnell Family Cellar Mountain Syrah
Bunnell Family Cellar Mountain Syrah
One of the smallest AVA's, Red Mountain is restricted to a single beautiful hill, central to Washington State's wine producing region. Terroir and climate in the exclusive growing area combine to create fruit with intense flavor. A soft, velvet entry, bright black fruit balanced by dark unsweetened cacao, all combine to create a complexity and depth of character suitable for extended aging.
DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings8
Health Score18
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