New England Boiled Beef Dinner

Horseradish, sour pickles and coarse salt are served as accompaniments.

Ingredients:

  • 4 lbs beef brisket
  • 1 onion
  • 2 whole cloves (stuck into onion)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled
  • 1 stalk celery cut in 1 inch slices
  • 2 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp rosemary
  • 1 c water (More for stove top cooking)
  • 6 carrots peeled and sliced
  • 1 turnip peeled and diced
  • 6 Yukon gold potatoes cut into eighths
  • 1 small cabbage head cut in chunks
  • horseradish
  • sour pickles
  • coarse salt (kosher)

Directions: Slow cooker

  1. Place beef in a slow cooker with next 9 ingredients. Meat may be cut in pieces
    to fit pot.
  2. Cook on low 10 – 12 hours, until tender
  3. Parboil carrots, turnip and potatoes.
  4. Add vegetables and cook on high 1 hour.

Directions: Stove top

  1. Put the brisket in 5-6 qt dutch oven with next 9 ingredients.
  2. Cover with 1 inch of water.
  3. Bring to barely simmering and cover. Cook 4 hours, until tender.
  4. Remove meat, set aside, keep warm.
  5. Add vegetables, except cabbage, simmer until done 15-30 minutes depending on size.
  6. Add cabbage for 10 minutes.
  7. Slice brisket thin.
  8. Serve in flat soup plates with some of the broth and vegetables..

Serves: 10

Source: The Unwatched Pot and Good Housekeeping Cook Book

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