brisket price

bigmaz

Hi guys, Iwas asking my butcher what she has on offer and she said Brisket at £2.80 per lb, is that good? Don't know what brisket is, never had it. But might try it if that's a good price

Grimbal

Tesco have brisket for £3.18/lb & I bet the butcher's is better.

Brisket is great slow roasted/braised/pot roasty type of thing

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At £2.80 a lb I would bite her arm off I love brisket and done in a slow cooker it just melts in the mouth,got a flavour all of its own and is reminicent of how beef used to taste like before the supermarkets started shrink wrapping it. You get gorgeous dripping from it as well Strain off into a pot and use to roast the spuds in

bigmaz

By the way, great timing guys. Seen the replies just before I went into the butchers. Got a fivers worth, good size bit of meat. Thanks a lot guys

Linda32

We have this in the winter as a slow roast with root veggies. Its lovely. Freezes well as well, I freeze it with the gravy from the slow roast.

twiglet98

Brisket is wonderful, cook it really slowly (slow cooker is perfect) and it will melt in your mouth. I'd fill the freezer at that price and it'll be better than any of the supermarkets' meat.

bigmaz

Ok, so what's the best way to cook this? Lol. I was thinking of slow cooking it, but reading threads on this forum, it seems ppl slow cook them for 11 hours. I only have 7 hours till dinner time. Will I just put the setting a bit higher?

CT19720

If time is short when I cook brisket, I always cook it on high for a couple of hours, and then turn it down to medium until I want to use it, it will then fall apart. If I have loads of time then that is when I put it on low all day.


HTH

iris

bigmaz wrote: »

Ok, so what's the best way to cook this? Lol. I was thinking of slow cooking it, but reading threads on this forum, it seems ppl slow cook them for 11 hours. I only have 7 hours till dinner time. Will I just put the setting a bit higher?

I am cooking a 3 lb piece of topside in my slow cooker today, but I won't be putting it on until about 12 noon. I shall put it on high for about 3 hours (until all the liquid is bubbling well) and then turn it to low. I aim to eat at between 5-6 pm. HTH

bigmaz

Great thanks how long would it take to cook on low?

iris

bigmaz wrote: »

Great thanks how long would it take to cook on low?

About 7 hours.


If you are nearly ready to serve your meal, but don't think it is cooked, just pop the slow cooker into the oven (minus the glass lid;)) for 30 mins on about 180c. I very often do this to thicken the gravy up.