A savory-sweet, slowly cooked brisket with tomatoes, onions, garlic, brown sugar, and a touch of vinegar. Kosher for Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah.
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this is like mine BUT:
NO tomatoes
NO Carrots
NO Celery
NO Sugar
NO Vinegar
Instead of chicken or beef stock, just add 4 cups water
S&P, generously on a gently trimmed brisket.
on a cooktop in a heavy oven safe pan, sear brisket fat side down with a small amount of oil in the pn to help promote browning, around 5-7 mins on medium high heat.
flip and brown meat side next, similar time, till brown.
next add sliced or diced onion and whole garlic cloves. saute until unions wilt. avoid burning the garlic and onions.
lower the heat if onions or garlic is browning too quickly.
preheat oven to convection bake 425F or bake 450F.
add 4 cups water to pan with the brisket and onions in it.
shut off cooktop heat.
with ovenproof gloves, fully seal brisket in pan with the water, onions and garlic. i use heavy duty foil and ensure a complete seal.
place in oven for one hour.
after one hour, remove pan from oven.
take brisket out of pan and slice into 1/4 inch slices and place back in pan with it juices.
re-cover pan and fully seal it.
reduce oven temp to bake 300 or convection 275.
place back in oven for 2.5 hours.
check for doneness at this stage
we like this brisket cooked till you can easily cut a piece with a fork. this might take 2.5-3.25 hours for just a flat.
i usually cook this as a whole brisket, point and flat, and my total cook time is around 5 hours.
when brisket is done, skim off fatty/oily layer of the jus.
you can reduce some of the jus but be careful to not over reduce to avoid creating an over-salted jus.
serve and enjoy.
note: we DO NOT like sweet beef thus we never make this with sugar. AND this is not German style, so we NEVER use vinegar. my version is a traditional NY Jewish oven baked brisket. this is my family's similar type recipe that's over 100 years old.