Beef Brisket with Green Tomato Chutney

• Serves: 6-8
• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 4 hours, 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 1-4 lb beef brisket
• trimmed of most of its fat
• kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• to taste
• 1 Tbsp curry powder--your favorite blend
• 1 medium onion
• finely sliced
• 1 1/2 cups green tomato chutney (scroll down a little for recipe)

Instructions

Liberally salt and pepper both sides of the brisket.

Place 1/2 of the sliced onions in a large, heavy Dutch oven, then place the brisket on top of the onions.

Sprinkle the curry powder on top of the brisket.

Spread the chutney on the meat in a thick layer.

Arrange the rest of the onion slices around the meat.

Cover tightly, and braise in a 325F oven until meat shreds easily with a fork, about 4 hours. No additional liquid is necessary. The onions and tomatoes will have cooked down, and the meat will have released a lot of its juices making for a very flavorful sauce.

At this point, you can either skim off the fat and serve, or you can refrigerate the whole thing in a large container overnight (keep the meat in the sauce). The next day, it will be very easy to lift off any fat that has solidified in the container. Reheat over medium-low heat in a covered Dutch oven.

Remove the meat from the pan and cut off any excess fat. Cover with foil.

Skim off as much fat from the sauce as you can/want to. You can serve the sauce as-is, or you can do what I did. Either put the sauce in a blender--careful, blending hot liquids can be hazardous--and blend until smooth or use a stick blender (immersion blender) to puree the sauce.

If you choose to use your blender, leave the pouring spout open and cover with a towel. Do not fill blender container more than halfway with sauce. Start blending on low and increase speed to achieve your desired smoothness.

That's it! Serve the meat, sliced across the grain, with buttered noodles and sauce over all. Or with rice. Or with steamed vegetables. This pairs well with most side dishes, and the slightly sweet, tangy sauce is absolutely mouthwatering.