Brisket In Sweet-and-sour Sauce

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 medium onion, peeled and quartered
• 2 inches fresh ginger, peeled
• 6 large garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup dijon mustard
• 1/2 cup dry red wine
• 1 1/2 cups coca-cola or 1 1/2 cups ginger ale
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon fresh coarse ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 (6 -7 lb) first-cut beef brisket, rinsed and patted thoroughly dry

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees. place everything but the brisket into a food processor, and process with steel blade until smooth.
• 2 place brisket, fat side up, into a heavy baking pan just large enough to hold it, and pour sauce over it. cover tightly and bake for 2 hours. turn brisket over and bake uncovered for one more hour or until fork-tender. cool, cover brisket and refrigerate overnight in cooking pan.
• 3 the next day, transfer brisket to a cutting board, cut off fat and cut with a sharp knife against grain, to desired thickness. remove any congealed fat from sauce and bring to a boil on top of stove.
• 4 heat oven to 350 degrees. taste sauce to see if it needs reducing. if so, boil it down for a few minutes or as needed. return meat to sauce and warm in oven for 20 minutes. serve warm.