Beef Brisket is a dish we often cook at Christmas time. Our recipe works well in this busy season of the year. Brisket is special, flavorful and generally has been enjoyed by just about everyone who has joined us for Christmas dinner. Family members have been heard to murmur some disappointment if they hear that we are not serving our Brisket of Beef on some of past Christmas dinners. A comment one year was “it really is a missing part of Christmas if you don’t serve your Brisket. Flattering, yes, but as good as our brisket recipe is, it is way down the list of reasons that Christmas is special. Enjoy our brisket but count it as a minor supplement to the real joy and reason for celebrating Christmas.
Brisket of Beef
Ingredients:
5-6 lb. beef brisket
1 pkg. dried French onion soup mix (Knorr”s)
1 can beef bouillon
1 can beer
1 bottle Chile sauce
1 large onion chopped
5 slices unseeded rye bread
3-4 carrots
Fresh garlic cloves( American Garlic)
Several Sprigs of parsley
Cooking the Brisket
Preheat oven to 375’
Step 1. Place beef in roasting pan
Step 2. cover with chopped onion, soup mix, parsley, garlic
Step 3. spread chili sauce over all
Step 4. pour over bouillon and beer
Step 5. tear bread into chunks and tuck under brisket
Step 6. Spread carrots around beef
Step 7. Cover and bake in oven for about 3 hours @ 375’ till fork tender
Step 8. Remove brisket from pan and set aside to cool a bit, before slicing
Step 9. Put all juices and bread from the roaster into a blender and puree
Step 10. Slice the beef and place back in the roaster & cover with the gravy
Step last—reheat before serving
Notes: A great thing about the brisket is that you can do all steps but the last one a day before serving. Reheat before the dinner, arrange on a serving platter, garnish with parsley and surround with the carrots. This will be a dinner entrée that may well become part of your Christmas tradition
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