Cherry Braised Beef Brisket With Creamy Mashed Potatoes
This cherry braised beef brisket is incredibly tender and comforting. When served with some creamy mashed potatoes it makes a perfect dish for the rainy spring days.
We are actually having very hot days for days now. It almost feels like summer, so I’m only wishing for rainy days. Don’t get me wrong, I love summer and sunny days, but the heat came way too quickly, I’m not prepared! Well, at least I get to wear some nice summer dresses and I get to diss the socks, which I hate 🙂
Okay, our cherry tree is again full of cherries, we can’t eat them all, they ripe so fast. We’re making juice for the winter and save some in the freezer. Besides we eat tons of them every day and I’m not complainig. Who doesn’t love fresh cherries?
Even though I L.O.V.E. cherries in desserts and drinks, I’m also loving how wonderfully they complement savory dishes. Remember the Cherry, brie and bacon grilled quesadillas? So yummy!!
Me and my husband absolutely love braised beef and when we got hold of a nice piece of brisket with ribs we couldn’t resist but adding some cherries and some lovely herbs from the garden to some classical braising veggies, like carrots, onions and celery. Result… AMAZING!
Seriously. It’s not like you can tell there are cherries in the dish besides the pieces of cherries, obviously. But they add such a nice sweet flavour. I can’t get over it, I’m doing this dish again for the whole family this weekend.
Since this recipe takes 6 to 7 hours to make, we started cooking at five in the morning. Luckily we wake up at that time anyway to feed the baby 🙂 I’m guessing we’ll be braising more now that we’re waking up at night 😉
One more thing that’s completely unrelated. I’ve been on the best treasure hunt since I’ve started shooting food. My friend is cleaning her grandma’s old apartment so she invited me to go and take a look if there’s anything I’d need for my photography. Well, I found a huuuuge bag of goodies 🙂 I’ve even used some of them in this photoshoot. I know I’m bragging, but I can’t help it 😉
Have a great day you guys!
Cherry Braised Beef Brisket With Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
Cherry Braised Beef Brisket
- 1 kg beef brisket
- 400 g cherries depitted
- 2 big carrots
- 2 onions
- 2 celery sticks
- 5 cloves garlic
- 3 rosemary springs
- a handful of basil
- 5 thyme springs
- 1 l chicken stock
- salt
- black pepper
- cayenne pepper
Creamy Mashed Potatoes
- 8 medium sized potatoes
- 200 g butter room temperature
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 140°C.
Cherry Braised Beef Brisket
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Season the brisket generously with salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper.
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Sear all sides of the brisket on a hot skillet with a splash of oil for about a minute or two.
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Move the brisket to a plate.
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Cut carrots, onions and cellery into 1 cm chunks.
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In the same skillet sweat the carrots, onions and cellery for about 10 minutes.
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Move the brisket and the vegetables to a baking tray and add cherries, garlic, rosemary, basil and thyme and add the stock.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 6 to 7 hour or until the meat gets very tender and almost falls apart. when sliced.
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Remove from the oven and move the meat to a plate. Cover it with tin foil. Meanwhile use a hand mixer to thicken the liquid. You can mix all of the liquid with vegetables, or you can keep some vegetables to be seen in the sauce.
Creamy Mashed Potatoes
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Cook potatoes in salted water until tender. Start with cold water! Cooking time depends on the size of potatoes.
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Remove the skins and add butter. Mash with a masher until creamy.
