Zinfandel-braised Beef Brisket With Onions And Potatoes

Total Time: 3 hrs 33 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups red zinfandel wine
• 1/2 cup fat-free chicken broth
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1 (2 1/2 lb) beef brisket, trimmed
• 2 teaspoons salt, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, divided
• 8 cups sliced walla walla onions (or other sweet onion)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons dried thyme, divided
• 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 2 carrots, cut into 1/2-inch slices
• 2 celery ribs, cut into 1/2-inch slices
• 1 1/2 lbs small red potatoes, cut into quarters
• 1 1/2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°.
• 2 in a bowl, combine the first 3 ingredients; stir with a whisk.
• 3 heat a large dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• 4 sprinkle beef with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper (or to taste); coat pan with cooking spray.
• 5 add beef to pan; cook 8 minutes, browning on all sides.
• 6 remove beef to a platter; cover and set aside.
• 7 add in 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, onion, sugar, and 1 teaspoon thyme to pan.
• 8 stir/saute 20 minutes or until onions are tender and golden brown.
• 9 add in garlic, carrots, and celery; stir/saute 5 minutes.
• 10 place beef on top of onion mixture; pour wine mixture over beef; cover and put in oven.
• 11 bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
• 12 while the beef is cooking; put potatoes in a large mixing bowl; add in 3/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon thyme, oil, oregano, and cayenne; toss to coat.
• 13 arrange potatoes in a single layer on a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray.
• 14 remove beef from oven; turn beef over.
• 15 place potatoes on lower rack in oven.
• 16 cover beef and return to oven; bake for 45 minutes or until beef is tender.
• 17 remove beef from oven; cover and keep warm.
• 18 increase oven temp to 425°; place potatoes on middle oven rack; bake for 15 minutes or until crisp and edges are browned.
• 19 remove beef from pan; cut across grain into thin slices.
• 20 serve with onion mixture and potatoes.
• 21 sprinkle with parsley.