Brisket With Herbed Spinach Stuffing

Serves: 4

Eloise Gerhold

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

59

Spice

46

Sweetness

49

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

3 tbsps

Olive Oil

Directions:

1

Make stuffing: Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat

2

Add onions, garlic and thyme; sauté until onions soften, about 5 minutes

3

Cool 15 minutes

4

Mix in spinach and matzo

5

Season stuffing with salt and pepper

6

Mix in egg

7

Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat

8

Add onions, garlic and thyme; sauté until onions soften, about 5 minutes

9

Cool 15 minutes

10

Mix in spinach and matzo

11

Season stuffing with salt and pepper

12

Mix in egg

13

Make brisket: Preheat oven to 350°F

14

Cut deep pocket in 1 side of brisket, leaving 3/4-inch border of meat uncut on remaining 3 sides

15

Fill pocket with stuffing

16

Skewer or sew pocket closed

17

Sprinkle salt and pepper all over brisket

18

Arrange half of onions in bottom of large roasting pan

19

Place brisket, fat side up, on onions

20

Top brisket with remaining onions

21

Pour 1/4 cup broth into pan

22

Bake brisket uncovered until meat and onions begin to brown, about 1 hour

23

Add carrots, celery, garlic, thyme and bay leaf to pan around brisket

24

Pour remaining 2 cups broth over

25

Cover pan with foil

26

Reduce temperature to 300°F

27

Bake brisket until tender, about 2 1/2 hours longer

28

Remove from oven

29

Uncover pan; let brisket stand 30 minutes

30

Thinly slice brisket across grain

31

Overlap slices on platter

32

Surround with vegetables from pan

33

Spoon off fat from pan juices; season juices with salt and pepper

34

Serve brisket with pan juices

35

Preheat oven to 350°F

36

Cut deep pocket in 1 side of brisket, leaving 3/4-inch border of meat uncut on remaining 3 sides

37

Fill pocket with stuffing

38

Skewer or sew pocket closed

39

Sprinkle salt and pepper all over brisket

40

Arrange half of onions in bottom of large roasting pan

41

Place brisket, fat side up, on onions

42

Top brisket with remaining onions

43

Pour 1/4 cup broth into pan

44

Bake brisket uncovered until meat and onions begin to brown, about 1 hour

45

Add carrots, celery, garlic, thyme and bay leaf to pan around brisket

46

Pour remaining 2 cups broth over

47

Cover pan with foil

48

Reduce temperature to 300°F

49

Bake brisket until tender, about 2 1/2 hours longer

50

Remove from oven

51

Uncover pan; let brisket stand 30 minutes

52

Thinly slice brisket across grain

53

Overlap slices on platter

54

Surround with vegetables from pan

55

Spoon off fat from pan juices; season juices with salt and pepper

56

Serve brisket with pan juices