Rye Brisket Recipes

Steps:

• For the Russian-style dressing: In bowl, mix dressing of sour cream, relish, ketchup, chives, salt, and pepper.
• For the BBQ Brisket Sauce: Combine the ketchup Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, bay leaves, garlic, paprika, ground cloves, and black pepper in a small pot and reduce over low heat, 30 minutes. Cool and store for make-ahead meal with cooked, sliced brisket.
• Warm the sauerkraut in a small pan.
• Heat a sandwich press or a large griddle pan over medium heat.
• Place a slice of Swiss cheese, folded to fit the bread, on 4 slices of bread, lightly buttered on one side and the buttered side facing out. Divide the meat among the sandwiches. Top the meat with some sauerkraut and another slice of cheese. Slather some dressing on the remaining sliced bread, lightly butter the side facing out.
• Press the sammies on a sandwich press until the cheese melts or griddle the sandwiches until deeply golden on each side. Serve the sandwiches with halved deli pickles and salted radishes.

Steps:

• In a roasting pan, layer onions, rye bread and place meat on top.
• Bake in a 400 degree F. oven and brown meat there for 20 minutes, uncovered. Flip meat over and brown another 20 minutes, uncovered. Make sure meat doesn't brown too much.
• Add water and onion soup mix and bake, at 350 degrees, until meat is tender, about 3 hours, covered. Check during cooking to see if more liquid is needed.
• When meat is tender, remove and set aside on a cutting board for slicing.
• Meanwhile, place the onions, gravy, and bread in a blender and blend well. This will be a gravy for the meat.
• Slice the brisket against the grain and serve with the blender gravy.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, whisk together the milk, sour cream, mustard, chives, caraway, eggs and 1 teaspoon salt. With a wooden spoon, mix in the all-purpose and rye flours. Cover and let the batter rest for 1 hour.
• Set up your grill for even high heat. If using a charcoal grill, distribute the coals evenly. If using a gas grill, heat both sides evenly.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Place a perforated pan on top of the pot or use a spaetzle maker and push the batter through the holes, letting the spaetzle drop down into the boiling water. Cook until the spaetzle floats, about 2 minutes, then another 1 to 2 minutes more.
• As the spaetzle is cooking, place a sauté pan on the grill. Add the butter and allow it to melt. Add a 4-ounce ladle of spaetzle water along with the spaetzle and toss to combine. Season with the nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste.

Steps:

• Set up your grill for indirect heat by building the coals on one side only. Allow the temperature to reach 225 to 250 degrees F. Alternatively, set up your offset smoker. Build a fire with apple and cherry wood in the firebox and allow the temperature to reach 225 to 250 degrees F and the smoke to begin to run clear.
• Clean the brisket by trimming the fat cap, creating a fatty and lean side. Trim the fat on the point down to about 1/2 inch. Trim the fat on top of the flat end down to about 1/4 inch. Flip the brisket over and remove any silver skin and sinew from the meat. You will lose around 2 pounds from trimming.
• Place the fat you have trimmed into a small pan and place on the smoker or grill to render. You will use it later to brush the brisket before wrapping.
• To make the pastrami spice, add the coriander seeds, black pepper, salt, mustard seeds, chili flakes and sumac to a small bowl and mix to combine. In a spray bottle, combine the apple cider and Worcestershire sauce.
• Coat the entire brisket with the mustard, then liberally season on all sides with the pastrami spice. Spray it with the apple cider mixture.
• Place the brisket on the indirect side of the grill with the fat side facing down. If using the smoker, place the brisket with the fattiest part of the brisket pointed towards the fire. Place a thermometer in the fattest part of the brisket, close the lid and cook, misting the brisket every 30 minutes, until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F, about 6 hours.
• Brush the brisket with the rendered fat and wrap it in peach butcher paper. Place back onto the indirect heat on the grill or smoker and continue to cook until an internal temperature of 205 degrees is reached, about 3 more hours.
• Remove from the grill and let rest for at least 1 hour before separating the flat (lean brisket) from the point (fatty brisket). Slice against the grain and serve.

Steps:

• Brush meat generously on both sides with the following: Kitchen Bouquet, mustard, ketchup, and bbq sauce, starting with the kitchen bouquet.
• Place a thick layer of sliced onions on the bottom of a baking pan. Place brisket, fat side up, on top of the onions. Put another thick layer of sliced onions on top of the meat.
• Add a little water.
• Cover tightly with heavy duty aluminum foil and bake at 350F for at least 40 minutes per pound.
• Half way through baking, pour a can of beer over the meat and continue baking, tightly covered, until done.