Beef Brisket Wild Mushroom Recipes

Steps:

• Coat a large roasting pan with olive oil and bring to a high heat. Season the brisket generously with salt. Add the brisket to the pan and brown well on both sides. Remove the brisket from the pan and reserve.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Lower the heat to medium, ditch the excess oil, and add the bacon and reserved skin to the pan with a little more oil. Cook the bacon, stirring occasionally, until the bacon is crispy and has let out a lot of fat. Add the onions and celery. Season with salt and cook until they are very soft and aromatic, 7 to 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Toss in the mushrooms and cook until they are soft and wilted. Add the balsamic vinegar and reduce it by half. Taste it - it will be very vinegary, but that's ok, don't worry. Season with salt, if needed. Lay the brisket on top of the veggie mix and add the chicken stock to the pan until it just covers the brisket. Add the bay leaves and thyme.
• Cover the pan with foil and roast in the oven. Roast for 1 hour, check the brisket, and turn it over. Add more stock if the liquid level has reduced. Cover the pan again and return it to the oven for another hour. Remove the foil and roast for 30 minutes more.
• Remove the roasting pan from the oven, transfer the brisket to a cutting board, cover with foil, and let rest for 20 minutes.
• Skim off any excess fat from the cooking liquid. If the vegetables are swimming in liquid, reduce the liquid on the stovetop over medium-high heat. You want the sauce to be soupy. Taste the liquid and re-season if needed. Slice the brisket against the grain on the bias. Serve topped with the onion-mushroom mixture and sprinkle with chopped chives.

Steps:

• in med bowl, combine dried porcini mushrooms and boiling water. let soak 20 min. with spoon, remove mushrooms from water; coarsely chop. strain soaking liquid through fine-mesh sieve; reserve liquid and sandy solids. preheat oven to 325 in lg wide bottomed dutch oven or oven safe saucepot, heat 3 tbl oil on med-high heat until hot. season brisket all over with 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. add brisket to pot; cook 6-7 min or until browned on both sides, turning over once. transfer brisket to lg plate. to same pot, add onions and 1/4 tsp salt. cook 3-5 min or until browned, stirring frequently. add vinegar. cook 1 min or until reduced, scraping up browned bits with wooden spoon. sprinkle in flour; cook 1 min, stirring to pot, add chopped porcinis, reserved soaking liquid, broth, thyme, brisket and 1/2 cup water. heat to boiling on high. cover and place in oven. cook 3-3 1.2 hours or until brisket is very tender. remove and discard thyme. skim and discard any fat. meanwhile, in 12 inch skillet, heat remaining 4 tbl oil on med-high. add sliced mushrooms and 1/2 tsp salt. cook 15 min or until browned and tender, stirring occasionally. off heat, add parsley, tossing to combine. to serve, thinly slice brisket and return to pot, pouring cooking liquid over meat. serve topped with mushrooms.

Steps:

• Sprinkle beef with 1/2 teaspoon of pepper. Heat oil in frying pan; brown brisket on all sides.
• In crock pot, add onion, garlic, mushrooms with rosemary and pepper sprinkled on top.
• Place brisket on top of vegetables.
• Mix wine and mustard; pour over brisket.
• Cover and cook on Low for 8 - 10 hours.
• Place brisket on a platter and keep warm.
• Skim of fat from cooking liquid and discard. Blend cornstarch and water.
• Turn crock pot to High and slowly pour in cornstarch mixture; blend well. Cover and cook for additional 2 to 3 minutes or until sauce is thickened.
• Slice brisket across the grain. Serve with gravy.