Braised Beef Brisket With Sweet Onions

By chelyc13

Ingredients

• 1 (3 1/2 lbs) beef brisket trimmed
• 1 teas salt
• 1 teas ground black pepper
• 3 tblsp olive oil
• 6 large sweet onions, thinly sliced
• 2 cups dry red wine
• 1 (28oz) can diced tomatoes
• 2 tblsp chopped fresh rosemary
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tblsp all purpose flour

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325.

Sprinkle brisket evenly with salt and pepper. In a large Dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add brisket, and cook for 2 minutes on each side, or until browned. Remove brisket from Dutch oven, and set aside. Add onions to dutch oven, and cook for 10 to 15 mintues, stirring frequently, or until onions are tender and caramel colored. Stir in wine, diced tomatoes, rosemary, and bay leaves. Return brisket to Dutch oven, cover, and bake for 3 hours, or until meat is very tender.

Remove and discard bay leaves. Remove brisket from cooking liquid; set aside, and keep warm. Remove 1/2 cup tomato mixture from dutch oven,a nd whisk in flour until smooth. Add flour mixture to Dutch oven. bring to a boil over medium high ehat, stirring frequently for 2-3 minutes, or until tomato mixture is thickened.

Cut brisket across the grain into thin sliced, and serve with tomato mixture.