Yuletide Corned Beef

Total Time: 8 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 lbs corned beef brisket
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon ground mustard
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
• cranberry sauce, to top cooked beef

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 265 degrees f. (if you're using a crock pot, set it on low.).
• 2 if the corned beef came with a packet of seasoning and spices, you can discard it or save it for another meal; you won't need it here.
• 3 rinse the corned beef brisket, and place in an enameled oven-safe cooking pot, such as a cast iron dutch oven. (the acidity of the orange juice can affect the seasoning in a bare iron pot, which is why an enameled cooking pot should be used.).
• 4 add spices as listed: parsley, mustard, garlic, thyme, pepper, cloves, nutmeg.
• 5 spread diced onion over the brisket, add butter on top.
• 6 pour orange juice into the pot.
• 7 add sliced apples on top of the onions.
• 8 cover the pot and place in the preheated oven.
• 9 cook for 8 hours. the meat will be tender enough to pull apart with a fork.
• 10 serve beef with cranberry sauce topping. mashed potatoes make a good accompanying side dish.