Mediterranean Brisket Adopted Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sprinkle the brisket all over with the salt and pepper.
• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or roasting pan over medium-high heat.
• Brown the brisket on all sides-- 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove the meat and pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat from the pan.
• Put in the onions, tomato puree, sun-dried tomatoes, bay leaves, and thyme and stir well to combine.
• Put the brisket back into the pan and spoon some of the onions and tomatoes over the top.
• Add the stock and the wine and bring to a simmer.
• Cover the pot tightly with aluminum foil and put on the lid to form a tight seal.
• Bake the brisket for 3 1/2 hours or until it's fork-tender.
• Carefully peel back the foil to check.
• (You can also cut off a small slice and taste.) Transfer the meat to a platter and cover loosely with foil to keep warm.
• De-grease the sauce and taste for salt and pepper.
• To Serve: Cut the meat into 3/8-inch slices, napped with the sauce, or refrigerate it, tightly wrapped, to serve the next day.
• Refrigerate the sauce separately.
• Before serving, remove any congealed fat, then reheat the meat gently in the sauce or in a microwave.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mash the salt and thyme into the puréed garlic with the flat side of a large kitchen knife.
• Beat the oil and pepper into the garlic mixture and spread this mixture over both sides of the brisket.
• Toss the vegetables in a large bowl with a little salt and thyme.
• Spread half of the vegetable mixture in the bottom of a roasting pan.
• Place beef, fat side up, on top of the vegetables.
• Cover with the remaining vegetables.
• Cover the pan tightly with foil.
• (This dish may be prepared to this point in advance and refrigerated.).
• When ready to cook, cook--basting with pan juices every 1/2 hour--in a 300° oven 3-4 hours until a fork goes into the meat easily; by the end of cooking, the meat will have shrunk.
• **** If you are not serving the meat until the next day, transfer the meat with its vegetables to a smaller pot; degrease the juices and pour them over the brisket and chill, uncovered, until cooled; then cover and keep in the refrigerator up to 2 days. To reheat, put this dish in a 350° oven for 20 minutes, basting 2-3 times with its juices. ****.
• Remove the beef with its vegetable topping to a cutting board.
• Pour the juices into a saucepan, degrease, and rapidly boil down almost to a syrup.
• If you wish, you can thicken the juice into a sauce with 1-1/2 Tbs cornstarch blended with 2 Tbs of either wine or stock.
• Carve the meat across the grain into thin slanting slices.
• Accompany each serving of meat with 1-2 spoonfuls sauce and vegetables.

Steps:

• Mix all of the ingredients well and then pour over whole beef brisket.
• Let marinate in refrigerator for several hours, or overnight if possible.
• Cook your brisket as you normally would, basting with a bit of marinade occasionally, until cooked to your preference. Enjoy!