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Boiled Beef with Parsley Sauce

Brisket simmered slowly with vegetables and bay until it yields to a fork, then sliced and served with a punchy blended sauce of parsley, capers, anchovy and egg yolk. It is just as good cold.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on50 min
  • Total3 h 54 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

For the beef

  • 1 kgbeef brisket
  • 2carrots, peeled
  • 1 stalkcelery, trimmed
  • 1 bunchflat-leaf parsley, small bunch, stems and all
  • 1yellow onion, quartered
  • 3 leavesbay leaves
  • 1 tspblack peppercorns
  • to tastefine sea salt

For the parsley sauce

  • 50 gwhite bread, crusts removed
  • 100 mlwhite wine vinegar
  • 100 gflat-leaf parsley leaves
  • 20 gcapers, rinsed
  • 3cornichons, small, sliced
  • 2eggs, hard-boiled, yolks only
  • 6oil-packed anchovy fillets, drained and chopped
  • 1 clovegarlic, sliced
  • 120 mlextra virgin olive oil, plus a little more if needed

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Egg
  • Fish
  • Mustard
  • Celery
  • Sulfites
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Anchovy
  • Wheat
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Cucumber
  • Carrot
  • Parsley
  • Dill
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Yeast
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Capers

Taste

  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Food processor

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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