Jul 15 2009

Brisket with Portobello Mushrooms Recipe

Adapted from a brisket recipe by Marlene Sorosky Gray, a Danville cookbook author and authority on Jewish holiday cooking. Brisket is much easier to slice when cold, so plan to make this at least one day ahead.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup dry red wine
    1 cup beef broth
    1/4 cup pure cranberry juice (unsweetened)
    1/2 cup water
    1/4 cup honey
    3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    1 onion, halved and sliced
    4 cloves garlic, minced
    2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
    4 pounds beef brisket, trimmed of fat
    Salt and pepper to taste
    6 ounces portabello mushrooms, thickly sliced, then cut in thirds
    1 cup dried cranberries

Instructions:

  • Preheat oven to 300º. In a roasting pan, whisk together the wine, broth, juice, water, honey and flour until the flour has fully dissolved.
  • Stir in the sliced onion, garlic and rosemary. Season the brisket with salt and pepper.
  • Place the meat in the pan, fat side up. Spoon some of the sauce over the top.
  • Cover tightly and bake for 4 hours, basting every hour until tender when pierced with a fork.
  • Remove from oven. Transfer brisket to a sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil.
  • Cool to room temperature, then wrap in foil and refrigerate for up to 2 days.
  • Pour sauce into a bowl, cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days.
  • About an hour before serving, preheat oven to 375º.
  • Slice the cold brisket thinly and on the diagonal against the grain.
  • Overlap slices in roasting pan.
  • Remove any surface fat from the sauce, reheat the sauce and pour it over the meat.
  • Add mushrooms and dried cranberries, pushing them into the sauce.
  • Cover and bake until meat is heated through and mushrooms are tender, about 1 hour.

Serves 6 to 8

Try these other great brisket recipes:

Five Spice Brisket

Brisket with Apricots

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