Slow cooked beef brisket with cinnamon and orange sauce.
By Stavri Kaourani
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 6 hours
Difficulty: 2/10
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
- 2 large oranges (juice and zest)
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 onions finely chopped
- 2-3 cloves of garlic, cleaned
- 1.5kg beef fillet breast
- 2 tbsp cumin
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 pinch of saffron
- 3 bay leaves
- 500ml diluted beef broth
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
- ¾ cup cranberries (fresh or frozen)
- Parsley chopped
Method
1. Place the stewed oranges, cinnamon sticks, onions and garlic in the pot (or the electric pot - slow cooker).
2. Marinate the fillet with cumin and cinnamon and transfer to the pan.
3. Add the saffron, bay leaves, broth, soy sauce, honey, orange peel and its juice, cover with the lid and cook at medium temperature for 4 hours.
4. Uncover, add sugar and cranberries and continue baking for another 2 hours.
5. The meat at this point will have softened, so remove it, transfer it to a plate and shred it into thin pieces with 2 forks.
6. Transfer the remaining liquid to a saucepan and boil it over high heat until it thickens well into a sauce. Remove the cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and orange pieces that remain. Pour the sauce over the beef fillet.
7. Serve with baby potatoes or rice and sprinkle with parsley.
Nutritional information (per 100gr)
Calories: 154kcal
Fat: 8,6gr
Saturated Fat: 3,8gr
Carbohydrates: 5,8gr
Fibre: 0,9gr
Sugar: 2,5gr
Protein: 13,7gr