Brisket sandwiches with beer onions and blue cheese

Name: Brisket sandwiches with beer onions and blue cheese
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1.2kg beef brisket unrolled; 1 onion thickly sliced; 2 carrots thickly sliced; 900ml (just less than 2 bottles – use the rest for the onions) Newcastle Brown Ale; 2 bay leaves; 4 thyme sprigs; 6 soft baps or crusty rolls; 150g dolcelatte; 1 tbsp butter plus extra to serve; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 large onions finely sliced; 150ml Newcastle Brown Ale

Published: March 20, 2019 at 4:00 PM

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Serves 6

Easy

Total time: 4 hrs and 30 mins

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Take this great value cut of beef to the next level by slow-cooking it in Newcastle Brown Ale and stuffing in a bun with sticky sweet onions and blue cheese

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Ingredients

Nutrition

1.2kg beef brisket

unrolled
1 onion

thickly sliced
2 carrots

thickly sliced
900ml (just less than 2 bottles – use the rest for the onions) Newcastle Brown Ale
2 bay leaves
4 thyme sprigs
6 soft baps or crusty rolls
150g dolcelatte

BEER ONIONS

1 tbsp butter

plus extra to serve
1 tbsp olive oil
2 large onions

finely sliced
150ml Newcastle Brown Ale

Nutrition: per serving

kcal633
fat34.9g
saturates16g
carbs33.1g
sugars6.9g
fibre3.2g
protein43.7g
salt1.3g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Season the brisket all over. Put the onion and carrot slices into a deep roasting tray and nestle the brisket in the middle. Pour over the ale, top up with water (about 1.5 litres) to just cover the brisket and add the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Cover in foil and cook for 4 hours until the meat is really tender and giving way when pressed.
step 2

Meanwhile, heat the butter and oil in a frying pan over a low heat. Fry the onions for 15 minutes or until soft. Stir in the ale, and simmer for another 30 minutes until it has evaporated and the onions have turned golden and caramelised. Season and add a pinch of sugar. Set aside.
step 3

Remove the meat from the tray carefully and cover in foil to rest while you warm the beer onions through. Split the baps and butter each side. Put each cut-side down into a hot frying pan to toast until golden. Slice the brisket (spooning over some of the cooking juices, if you like) and serve stuffed into the toasted rolls with the beer onions and some melty dolcelatte.

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