Abigail's Top-Secret Brisket of Beef

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Mildly saccharine and precise rich, this recipe's secrets prevarication successful its antithetic mentation and the summation of pears to the rootlike mix.

Because determination is truthful overmuch liquid, you'll request a 6-quart oregon larger Dutch oven oregon ovenproof/flameproof casserole. You tin usage 2 3-pound briskets if you can't find a azygous ample one.

From "Invitation to Dinner: Abigail Kirsch's Guide to Elegant Entertaining and Delicious Dinners astatine Home" with David Nussbaum (Broadway Books, 1998).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 8-10

1/2 spoon salt, positive much to taste
1/2 spoon freshly crushed pepper, positive much to taste
1/2 spoon crushed thyme
1/4 cupful Passover barroom meal, specified arsenic Manischewitz brand
5 pounds to 6 pounds beef brisket, trimmed of excess fat
3 tablespoons rootlike oil
3 ample yellowish onions, coarsely chopped (about 8 cups)
4 ample carrots, peeled, trimmed and chopped into 1/2-inch dice (3 1/2 to 4 cups)
4 mean cloves garlic, finely minced
3 steadfast Anjou pears (unpeeled), cored and chopped into 1-inch pieces
7 cups low-sodium beef broth
2 3/4 cups adust reddish wine
2/3 cupful honey

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10)

Calories
758
Fat
24 g
Saturated Fat
8 g
Carbohydrates
48 g
Sodium
312 mg
Cholesterol
181 mg
Protein
79 g
Fiber
4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From "Invitation to Dinner: Abigail Kirsch's Guide to Elegant Entertaining and Delicious Dinners astatine Home" with David Nussbaum (Broadway Books, 1998).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 12, 2026