Pot-Au-Feu might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe covers 48% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 71g of protein, 53g of fat, and a total of 1027 calories. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. A mixture of oxtails, kosher salt and pepper, veal bones, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert.
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Bring first 5 ingredients and 8 cupswater to a simmer in a medium saucepanover medium heat, stirring until sugar andsalt dissolve.
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Sugar
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Remove from heat; let cool toroom temperature.
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Place brisket and shortribs in a large baking dish.
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Beef Short Ribs
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Baking Pan
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Pour brine overto cover completely. Cover and chill forat least 8 hours or overnight.
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Brine
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Remove meat;rinse and set aside.
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Meat
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Place first 6 ingredients in center of a triplelayer of cheesecloth. Gather up edges;tie with kitchen twine to form a bundlefor bouquet garni. Wrap marrow bones incheesecloth; tie into a bundle with twine.If desired, tie oxtails with twine aroundcircumference to keep meat from fallingoff bones.
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Bouquet Garni
Marrow Bones
Oxtail
Meat
Wrap
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Kitchen Twine
Cheesecloth
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Place brisket, short ribs, bouquet garni,marrow bones, oxtails, beef bones, vealbones, veal breast, 2 chopped carrots,celery, and onion in a very large heavy pot.
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Bouquet Garni
Marrow Bones
Beef Bone
Beef Short Ribs
Carrot
Oxtail
Celery
Onion
Veal
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Pot
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Add water to cover meat (about 7 quarts). Bringto a boil, skimming off any scum and fat thatrise to the surface. Reduce heat and simmer,skimming occasionally, until short ribs aretender, 2–2 1/2 hours.
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Beef Short Ribs
Water
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Transfer short ribs to a 13x9x2" bakingdish; add 4 cups broth from pot and tentwith foil to keep meat warm and moist.
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Beef Short Ribs
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Meat
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Aluminum Foil
Pot
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Addsausage to pot; continue simmering untilsausage is cooked through and remainingmeats are tender, about 30 minutes longer.
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Pot
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Transfer sausage, brisket, oxtails, andmarrow bones to dish with short ribs.
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Beef Short Ribs
Oxtail
Sausage
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Place a large strainer over another largepot; strain broth, discarding remainingmeats, bones, and other solids in strainer.(You should have about 10 cups broth.)Return broth to a boil; add rutabagas,cabbage, potatoes, and 2" pieces of carrots.Simmer until vegetables are tender but notmushy, about 30 minutes.
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Vegetable
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Cabbage
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Sieve
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Mix first 5 ingredients in a small bowl to make salsaverde. Season with salt and pepper; setaside. Stir crème fraîche and horseradish inanother small bowl; season with salt.
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Salt And Pepper
Creme Fraiche
Horseradish
Salt
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Bowl
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Transfer vegetables to a platter. Thinlyslice brisket against the grain; cut sausageinto 2" pieces. Return meats to baking dish.
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Vegetable
Grains
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Baking Pan
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Season broth in pot to taste with saltand pepper; divide among bowls. (Reservebroth from meats for another use.)
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Pepper
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Servemeats and vegetables with salsa verde,horseradish crème fraîche, and bothmustards in small bowls alongside.