Main Meals

Brisket with sweet-and-sour plums

Name: Brisket with sweet-and-sour plums
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Main Meals
Ingredients: Woolworths frozen beef brisket with dry rub, thawed 1,For the sweet-and-sour plums: ,plums, cut into chunks 12,fresh ginger, minced 2T,cloves 2,cinnamon sticks 2,star anise 4,honey 2T,treacle sugar 150g,red wine vinegar 1cup,apple juice 1cup

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cooking Time 50 minutes

When there's brisket on the braai, you know that you're heading for a special lunch! Add sweet-and-sour plums into the mix and your feast is taken to new heights.

Wine/Spirit Pairing

Woolworths Delheim Oakleaf Merlot

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Ingredients

Method

1 Woolworths frozen beef brisket with dry rub, thawed
For the sweet-and-sour plums:
12 plums, cut into chunks
2 T fresh ginger, minced
2 cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
4 star anise
2 T honey
150 g treacle sugar
1 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup apple juice

Method

Ingredients

1. Place the brisket in a foil container, then braai over medium coals, covered, according to package instructions.

2. To make the plums, simmer all the ingredients together, covered, for 20 minutes.

3. Slice the brisket and serve with the plums.

Cook's note: Leftover brisket makes delicious sandwiches with tomato and gherkins.

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Photograph: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food assistant: Emma Nkunzana

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Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

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