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Table Point Boiled Beef and Vegetables (Tafelspitz)

Name: Table Point Boiled Beef and Vegetables (Tafelspitz)
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: 2½ pounds (1200 g) fresh beef brisket, silverside, or sirloin; 3 whole cloves garlic, slightly crushed and peeled; 3 whole green (freeze dried) or white peppercorns; 2 juniper berries (you may substitute with 1 bay leaf); 3 ea. (4 oz / 110 g) whole medium size carrots, peeled and trimmed; 1 ea. (2 oz / 55 g) small-medium onion, unpeeled, trimmed, and halved; 3 sprigs fresh parsley

Cooked according to classic preparation rules, tafelspitz (literally translated: the point of the table) is known to have been Austrian Hungarian Emperor Francis Joseph's favourite meal. Viennese tafelspitz for Austrians is a whole special culinary science prepared with a special cut of beef. It is not a pot roast. The authentic Tafelspitz requires a custom-cut fresh piece of the hind part of beef (comparable to the American tri tip, also called silver tip); on the North American market, a substitute can be fresh beef chuck brisket (not corned brisket).

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Ingredients

Makes

2½ pounds (1200 g) fresh beef brisket, silverside, or sirloin
3 whole cloves garlic, slightly crushed and peeled
3 whole green (freeze dried) or white peppercorns
2 juniper berries (you may substitute with 1 bay leaf)
3 ea. (4 oz / 110 g) whole medium size carrots, peeled and trimmed
1 ea. (2 oz / 55 g) small-medium onion, unpeeled, trimmed, and halved
3 sprigs fresh parsley

Ingredients for 5 servings (1.3 kg) · the original recipe

Method

1
Fill a 5-quart (700 ml) Dutch oven with water, season it with salt, and bring to a rolling boil over medium heat.
OvenStovetop
2
When the water boils, add meat, garlic, peppercorns, and juniper berries, then cover the pot.
3
Bring the water to a boil again and add carrots, onion, and parsley. Cover and let everything simmer for 60 minutes.
Stovetop
4
Turn the meat over, add salt, and let everything cook, covered, for 90 additional minutes.
5
Switch off the heat, and let the meat steep for 20 minutes.
6
Remove the meat from the broth and cut meat across the grain when you serve it.
7
Serve tafelspitz with apfelkren (see notes) and your choice of raw and cooked vegetables.

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