Smokey beef Brisket
Beef Brisket is a traditional cut which over time has been given a bad name with some thinking it is a touch cut. However, we are here to prove those wrong, because brisket is delicious!
Smokey beef Brisket
Beef Brisket is a traditional cut which over time has been given a bad name with some thinking it is a touch cut. However, we are here to prove those wrong, because brisket is delicious!
- Serves: 4
- Prepare: 15 Minutes
- Cook: 4 Hours 30 Minutes
- Difficulty: easy
WHO ARE THE ORGANIC BUTCHERY?
Starting life as an organic farm in the heart of the West Country, The Organic Butchery is proudly founded on a long history of organic principles. We source the best quality organic grass-fed and wild meats, sustainable fish and organic free-range poultry from trusted local suppliers and like-minded brands to guarantee the highest standards of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. Our mission is to approach butchery with a whole-carcass perspective, to make the most of every animal that crosses our blocks, which means we offer you cuts that you will never see on the supermarket shelves.
WHAT IS ORGANIC BEEF?
Living active, free-range lives, our organic grass-fed beef is a nutrient-dense food. We farm our cattle in harmony with nature, grazing livestock in turn helps to regenerate the health of our soil. At The Organic Butchery, we select only the highest-quality cuts to deliver pure, distinctive flavour every time.
Ingredients
- 1kg organic beef brisket
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 red onions, chopped
- 1 tbsp sweet smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp English mustard
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 medium hot chilli, finely sliced
- 1 tbsp treacle
- 50ml red wine vinegar
- 75g brown sugar
- 3 garlic cloves
- 4 bay leaves
- 500ml passta
- 2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 300ml sour cream
Method
- Preheat oven to 160°C, 140°C fan or gas mark 3
- In a small bowl, mix the paprika, mustard, cinnamon, chilli, treacle, 2tbsp of red wine vinegar, 2 tbsp sugar and 2tbsp of olive oil. Rub all over your organic beef brisket, cover and leave to marinade in the fridge for a few hours or overnight
- Heat 1tbsp of olive oil in a non-stick frying pan and sweat the onions for 8-10 minutes before adding the garlic and bay leaves, stirring around the pan for 1-2 minutes. Add the passata, Worcestershire sauce, remaining vinegar and sugar. Give it a taste and season if required
- Transfer the sauce from the frying pan, into a roasting dish. Place the brisket in the centre of the sauce and cover tightly with 3 or 4 sheets of foil and bake for 4 hours, turning once or twice during cooking
- After 4 hours, uncover the meat and turn your oven up to 200C. Place the roasting dish back into the oven for a further 20 minutes at this high heat to caramelise the marinade on the meat until it is dark and sticky
- To serve, skim off any excess fat from the surface of the sauce and shred the meat with a fork
- We like to serve this over crispy baked potatoes, but it works well piled into flatbreads or poured over rice too, served with the sour cream
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WHO ARE THE ORGANIC BUTCHERY?
Starting life as an organic farm in the heart of the West Country, The Organic Butchery is proudly founded on a long history of organic principles. We source the best quality organic grass-fed and wild meats, sustainable fish and organic free-range poultry from trusted local suppliers and like-minded brands to guarantee the highest standards of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. Our mission is to approach butchery with a whole-carcass perspective, to make the most of every animal that crosses our blocks, which means we offer you cuts that you will never see on the supermarket shelves.
WHAT IS ORGANIC BEEF?
Living active, free-range lives, our organic grass-fed beef is a nutrient-dense food. We farm our cattle in harmony with nature, grazing livestock in turn helps to regenerate the health of our soil. At The Organic Butchery, we select only the highest-quality cuts to deliver pure, distinctive flavour every time.
Frequently asked questions
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Organic grass-fed beef is reared using the rigorous standards set out by the Soil Association. Our cows live active, free-range lives and we farm them in harmony with nature - grazing livestock, in turn, helps to regenerate the health of our soil. At Coombe Farm Organic, we select only the highest-quality cuts to deliver pure, distinctive flavour every time. Grass-fed beef is a nutrient dense food. It’s one of our best sources of high-quality protein and essential nutrients like iron, zinc and Vitamin B12 which are either absent or hard for us to absorb from plants. It’s fats also give us important fat-soluble vitamins including A & E.
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Beef is a nutrient dense food and one of our best sources of high-quality protein and essential nutrients like iron, zinc and vitamin B12 - organic grass-fed beef is leaner and higher in protein and will give a more distinctive taste. Organic grass-fed beef truly tastes how beef should - full of ‘meaty’ flavour as a result of a natural diet, free of chemicals and hormones and a slow growth to full maturity.
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Organic grass fed beef is a whole, real food. It usually contains less total fat than conventional beef because these cows are outside more and therefore more active, over the course of a year (this also means fewer calories). Farming cattle in harmony with nature on natural pastures of grasses and herbs has been shown to increase and/ or improve some of these nutrients further. Grass fed beef also contains up to five times more omega-3 than conventional beef. This makes it a valuable source of food to improve our Omega 3 intake which currently we get from fish in our diet, but not enough. The right balance of Omega 6:3 protects our heart health, reduces inflammation within our body, benefits our immune system and probably protects our mental function, too.