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BEEF BRISKET WITH SAVORY SAUTEED APPLES

Slow-simmered brisket meets a tangy, sweet mix of apples, cranberries, and walnuts. Make brisket your table's centerpiece with this comforting, flavorful dish.
Recipe and image courtesy of Beef. It's What's For Dinner.
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Total Time 4 hours
Servings: 8
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Calories: 450
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 beef brisket flat half 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 lbs
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 large onion coarsely chopped, divided
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 cup apple cider
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 5 cups unpeeled, sliced Fuji or Gala apples about 1-1/2 lbs
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
  • 2 tbsp light brown sugar packed
  • 1/3 cup walnuts toasted, coarsely chopped

Method
 

  1. Heat oil in stockpot over medium heat until hot. Place beef brisket flat in stockpot and brown evenly. Remove brisket from stockpot. Season with salt and pepper, as desired.
  2. Reserve 1/2 cup onion for apples. Add remaining onion and garlic to stockpot. Cook and stir 4 to 5 minutes or until onion is tender. Return brisket, fat-side up, to stockpot. Add cider and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover tightly and simmer 2 hours and 45 minutes to 3 hours and 15 minutes or until brisket is fork-tender.
  3. Heat butter in large nonstick skillet over medium heat until melted. Add apples and remaining onion; cook and stir 5 to 7 minutes or until apples are just tender. Add cranberries and brown sugar; cook 4 to 6 minutes or until cranberries are tender and juices are thickened, stirring occasionally. Stir in walnuts. Keep warm.
  4. Remove brisket; keep warm. Skim fat from cooking liquid. Bring cooking liquid to a boil. Cook, uncovered, 10 to 12 minutes or until reduced by half, stirring occasionally.
  5. Carve brisket diagonally across the grain into thin slices. Serve with reduced cooking liquid and apple mixture.

Notes

Cook's Tip:
To toast walnuts, spread in single layer on metal baking sheet. Bake in 350 °F oven for 3 to 5 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring occasionally. (Watch carefully to prevent burning.) Set aside to cool.