Dutch Oven Chef: Dutch Oven Recipes & Cooking

Dutch Oven Cooking => Stirrin' the Pot => Look What I Made! => Topic started by: Darren on June 21, 2011, 09:36:52 pm

Title: Father's Day 2011
Post by: Darren on June 21, 2011, 09:36:52 pm
I was asked about the Father's Day cook over the weekend...well, here are the pics to prove it!

It was not an optimal day for cooking - it rained off and on.

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/other/Darren_FathersDay2011_CloudySky.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/other/Darren_FathersDay2011_CloudySky.JPG)

But - not to be deterred, I set up shop in my garage, and left the door open, with the back door propped open to have a draft, and send the smoke out.

I decided to do the Sweet Onion Brisket of Beef Carbonnade - a new brisket recipe. With it I decided to the Cheesy Dutch Oven Potatoes, and something called "Crusted Arabian Cheese Bread."

So I had never trimmed a brisket before, and with a full packer, there was a significant amount of fat! So I took my knife, and went to town!

I also cut it in half and placed the whole thing in my 14 inch oven.

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_01_InOven.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_01_InOven.JPG)

There is still quite a bit of fat, especially on the thick end, but it was a TON less.

After that, I put on the spices, and sliced some onions, and put them over it.

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_02_WithOnions.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_02_WithOnions.JPG)

I had some help - and my helper put on a red bell pepper, a yellow bell pepper, 6 celery stalks, and about a pound of mushrooms cut up.

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_03_VeggiesAndHelper.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_03_VeggiesAndHelper.JPG)

So after all of this, I poured on the sauce - made of beef broth, ginger ale, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, and a few other things I can't remember off the top of my head...(recipe posted soon!) Here's the sauce going on...

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_05_GettingSauce.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_05_GettingSauce.JPG)

So I put that on to cook for 5 hours - the long haul! A brisket like this is really helped by the low and slow.

Well, a few hours later, I put started some bread dough, and let it rise. (Don't have a pic of that - gotta start remembering earlier!)

Then I washed/cut about 5 pounds of potatoes and 2 onions with a mandolin slicer - I was SOOOOO happy I had one!

Then I took an entire package of bacon and started browning it in a dutch oven.


(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cheesyPotatoes/Potatoes_01_Bacon.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cheesyPotatoes/Potatoes_01_Bacon.JPG)

Once that got all good and browned up, I put in the potatoes and onions, put in some good black pepper and some salt, and stirred it all up!

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cheesyPotatoes/Potatoes_02_AllIn.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cheesyPotatoes/Potatoes_02_AllIn.JPG)

Those got to sit on some good coals for an hour or so.

While THOSE were cooking...

I took the bread dough and put it into a 12 inch dutch oven. Now the recipe says to use a 14 inch, but I had my 14 inch used, so I decided to make it a bit thicker. You just press the dough into the bottom of the oven. Then I put the topping on - a mix of butter, oregano, paprika, chopped onions, garlic salt, and cheese.

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/crustedArabianCheeseBread/Bread_01_InOven.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/crustedArabianCheeseBread/Bread_01_InOven.JPG)

It cooked for about 20 minutes, rotating the lid every few minutes.

Side note - my table only fits three 12 inchers side by side, so I had to stack!

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/other/Darren_FathersDay2011_StackedOvens.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/other/Darren_FathersDay2011_StackedOvens.JPG)

About 5 minutes before the bread was done, I opened up the potatoes and dumped in a boat-load of cheese...mmm....

Anyway, here's the results of the cook.

The bread:

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/crustedArabianCheeseBread/Bread_02_OutOfOven.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/crustedArabianCheeseBread/Bread_02_OutOfOven.JPG)

The top was SLIGHTLY too brown, and the bottom was about the same, but it was FANTASTIC. The tastes were great.

Here's the potatoes:

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cheesyPotatoes/Potatoes_03_Done.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/cheesyPotatoes/Potatoes_03_Done.JPG)

And finally, the brisket!

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_07_Cut.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_07_Cut.JPG)

And a pic of the pan juices - OHHHH how many juices there were!

(http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_06_PanJuices.JPG) (http://dutchovenchef.com/images/sweetOnionBrisket/Brisket_06_PanJuices.JPG)

Side note - possibly the best part of the cook was the mushrooms. They were AMAZING.

It was good, and there are STILL leftovers, two days later!

Hope you enjoy!