Ingredients
Brisket:
- 4 cups kosher salt
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1/3 cup black peppercorns
- 1/4 cup juniper berries
- 8 allspice berries
- 8 whole cloves
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard seeds
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick, broken
- 1 (5 to 8 pound) beef brisket, trimmed from butcher
Serving:
- Butter, softened
- Rye bread
- Beer Braised Sauerkraut, recipe follows
- Swiss cheese, sliced
- Smoked Russian Dressing, recipe follows
Directions
For the brisket: In a large pot, combine the salt, sugar, peppercorns, juniper berries, allspice, cloves, mustard seeds, bay leaves and cinnamon stick and cover with 2 gallons water. Bring the mixture to a boil, remove from the heat and chill to 40 degrees F.
Fill a marinade injector with some of the brine and inject the brisket with as much brine as it will hold. Submerge the brisket in the remaining brine and store in a baking dish, covered, in the refrigerator overnight.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Place the brisket into a large roasting pan and cover it with as much of the brining liquid as the pan will hold. Cover the pan with foil and place in the oven until tender and medium-rare, about 2 hours. An instant-read thermometer should register 130 degrees F. Remove the brisket from the oven, place on a platter and/or cutting board and tent with foil. Let the brisket rest for 1 hour. Slice as thinly as possible.
To serve: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Butter the rye bread and place on a baking sheet. Top with 6 ounces thinly sliced brisket, some Beer Braised Sauerkraut and a slice of Swiss cheese. Bake the Reubens until the cheese is melted and warmed through, about 5 minutes. Top with Smoked Russian Dressing.
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Beer Braised Sauerkraut:
- 8 ounces applewood smoked bacon, diced
- 1/2 Spanish onion, diced
- 1 pound sauerkraut (bagged or jarred), drained
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, plus more if needed
- 1 (12-ounce) bottle IPA beer
- 1 bay leaf
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Heat a saute pan over medium heat, add the bacon and render the fat, cooking until bacon is crispy. Remove the bacon from the pan and set aside. Add the onions and saute in the bacon fat until translucent. Add the sauerkraut, sugar, beer and bay leaf and simmer until almost all of the liquid is gone, about 15 minutes. Add the bacon back to the pan to warm through and adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper and brown sugar.
Smoked Russian Dressing:
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish, drained
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 small tin anchovies, mashed
- 3 drops liquid hickory smoke
Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl and chill in the refrigerator.
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By jennie_cotter
on June 01, 2011
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I have never commented on any show, I do not know either party involved in the Jewish Deli episode but I was so disappointed in the results of this show I just had to make it known. What were the judges thinking???? Ruben's Ruben had customers walk out, complain, and they were so slow and unwelcoming to their guests. I really get what they were trying to do,but in my opinion they failed horably! On the other hand, I did not hear one customer complaint for Izies. They were friendly, organized, and well decorated. They had the whole package and I was so disappointed by the judges division that I felt I just had to let them know!
By RubinMom
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on May 20, 2011
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I can't wait to try this recipe. It looked so delicious on the show. Erik was such fun to watch. I'd love to see more of him on TV. It may be the name (lol, or the hearty laugh, but we all thought the camera loved him. And it looked like he loved the camera right back! Hope to see him on TFN again!
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