Beef brisket from the Instant Pot

Ingredients for 3 servings:

• 900 g beef brisket
• 1 bunch of soup vegetables
• 2 small onions
• 1 tbsp broth, granulated
• 1 garlic clove(s)
• 1 tsp game spice or sauerbraten spice (with bay leaves, mustard seeds, peppercorns, etc.), in a disposable tea bag
• 1 tbsp oil, I used olive oil

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Rest time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 50 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 10 minutes

without work and a fine broth on top

FYI: I cooked it in a 5.5 l Instant Pot. Roughly chop the soup vegetables: quarter the carrots, cut the leeks crosswise once, and roughly dice the celery. Peel the onions and cut them crosswise once. Set the Instant Pot to Sauté and place the onion on its cut side in the pot. Place the leeks upright as well. Roast both until the undersides are almost black. Now add the oil to the pot and fry the remaining vegetables, depending on your patience. It’s best to fry until they start to brown, but it tastes good without it too. Push the vegetables aside, add the meat, and pour on hot water until the meat is just covered. Stir the granulated stock into the water and taste. It should have a pretty strong flavor; add a little more stock powder if necessary. Close the lid. Press Pressure Cook. Switch to High Pressure, if it isn’t already set, and set it for 50 minutes. Skimming isn’t necessary; the stock will still be quite clear. After the time is up, wait another 10 minutes, then carefully vent the steam. Open and remove the meat. Fish out the cooked vegetables and the spice packet and discard. We eat the meat with steamed potatoes, which I always prepare beforehand for 7 minutes at high pressure in the IP in a steamer basket with 150 ml of water, and a horseradish sauce based on a béchamel sauce (or, if you’re in a hurry, I can use a ready-made one), into which everyone stirs freshly grated horseradish on their plate. The next day, we eat the rich broth with Maultaschen (ravioli) and marrow dumplings, or I reduce it and freeze it in an ice cube tray as a seasoning for future meals.