Blackstrap Brisket revisited

My slowcooked Blackstrap Brisket about 3 hours into cooking, yes I peek about this time to check out the liquid content and give it a stir, at this point I can alter heat or go topless with the dutch oven to reduce down the liquid.

PAUL’S BLACKSTRAP BRISKET

This is a slow cooked brisket recipe I have been tweaking for a few years,

never the same, all the extra spices/flavors can be used, subsituted or omitted

as desired. The best results I have found are from making up a rub paste/

marinade and letting sit for 10-24 hours. Cooking times vary depending how

well your dutch oven seals and how loaded up it is..these are my times based on

my dutch oven..your time may vary.

Ingredients:

7-8 lbs Brisket ( I cut brisket into chunks about the size of the dutch oven..12” )

~4 lbs Yellow Onions ( 3 really big ones )

Paste / Marinade:

½ cup brown sugar

2 oz rum

2 oz maple syrup

1 tbs ground sea salt

1 tps black ground pepper

1 tps ground cayenne pepper

1 tbs sweet ground paprika

1 tbs smoked ground paprika

1 tps granulated garlic

Cooking stock:

juices from marinade

3 oz Blackstrap Molasses

2 double espresso shots ( or 3oz really strong coffee)

3 garlic cloves, mashed and chopped

Mix up the the marinade paste, it should be like a thick milkshake, throughly

rub, spread and massage the paste onto your brisket, cover / seal and leave

refrigerated for up to 24 hours.

When done marinating, there will be a few oz of liquid marinade pour and set

aside for cooking stock.

Preheat your dutch oven to med-high on your cooktop adding 1 tbs of cooking oil.

Cut your brisket into chunks approximately the size of your dutch oven lid.

Sear both sides of each chunk of brisket, slightly longer on sides with fat.

Remove brisket from dutch oven and turn off cooktop. Preheat oven to 300F.

Cut up onions, I like to slice these like longitude line on the globe. Mix into

dutch oven with brisket. Mix up your cooking stock and dump-in. Do a few

grinds with sea salt and dust with some sweet paprika, cover and put in middle

of oven. Leave covered for 3+ hours, take out stir, poke and taste, cover again 2

+hours.. you can eat now or turn oven off and let coast for when you want.