Cost: Approx £1.20 per person or £1.50 by the time you add vegetables.
Makes enough for 4.
Ingredients
- 1 brisket joint (850-900g),
- 2 onions, sliced into rings
- 1 can ale of your choice
- 4 or 5 garlic cloved, minced
- 1 tablespoon mixed dried herbs
- 500ml beef stock (1 -1 1/2 oxo cubes worth)
- ground pepper
- 1-2 tsp sugar
Method
- Find an oven dish deep enough so it will fir the brisket and you can cover it with liquid.
- Preheat the oven to gas mark 2-3.
- Gently brown the onions and the garlic in a little oil in a wide saucepan.
- Sear the beef on all sides in the saucepan with the onions.
- Transfer the beef, onions and garlic to the oven dish. Season with lots of pepper.
- Pour over the ale and then add enough stock to cover the beef.
- Cover the dish and cook at gas mark 2-3 for about 4 hours.
- Remove the beef from the oven.
- Pour the braising liquid into a large saucepan.
- Gently simmer the liquid until you have a thick gravy.
- The beer may have made the gravy bitter, so add sugar to taste.
- Serve the carved beef with the gravy, roast potatoes and wintery vegetables.
Cost: Approx £1.20 per person or £1.50 by the time you add vegetables.
Makes enough for 4.
Ingredients
- 1 brisket joint (850-900g),
- 2 onions, sliced into rings
- 1 can ale of your choice
- 4 or 5 garlic cloved, minced
- 1 tablespoon mixed dried herbs
- 500ml beef stock (1 -1 1/2 oxo cubes worth)
- ground pepper
- 1-2 tsp sugar
Method
- Find an oven dish deep enough so it will fir the brisket and you can cover it with liquid.
- Preheat the oven to gas mark 2-3.
- Gently brown the onions and the garlic in a little oil in a wide saucepan.
- Sear the beef on all sides in the saucepan with the onions.
- Transfer the beef, onions and garlic to the oven dish. Season with lots of pepper.
- Pour over the ale and then add enough stock to cover the beef.
- Cover the dish and cook at gas mark 2-3 for about 4 hours.
- Remove the beef from the oven.
- Pour the braising liquid into a large saucepan.
- Gently simmer the liquid until you have a thick gravy.
- The beer may have made the gravy bitter, so add sugar to taste.
- Serve the carved beef with the gravy, roast potatoes and wintery vegetables.
