Home Recipes Tzimmes-Spiced Cinnamon Braised Baby Kolechol

Tzimmes-Spiced Cinnamon Braised Baby Kolechol

Serves 6 Grill 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 lbs kolechol (baby)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 4-5 whole allspice berries
  • 1 1/4 cups dry red wine
  • 2 cups beef stock
  • 1/2 cup dried apricots or pitted prunes, halved
  • 2 tbsp silan or honey
  • 1 bay leaf
  • fresh parsley, chopped

Method

  1. Season the meat generously with salt and pepper.
  2. Sear in hot olive oil in a heavy pot on all sides until well browned, about 10 minutes total; remove and set aside.
  3. Sauté onions in the same pot until deep golden, 10 minutes, then add garlic and cook 1 minute more.
  4. Stir in tomato paste, cinnamon stick and allspice; cook briefly until fragrant.
  5. Deglaze with red wine, scraping up the fond, and simmer 3-4 minutes to reduce slightly.
  6. Return the meat to the pot along with beef stock, dried apricots or prunes, silan and bay leaf.
  7. Cover and braise at a low simmer (or 325F oven) 3-3.5 hours, until the meat is completely tender.
  8. Remove the meat and rest; discard the cinnamon stick and bay leaf, then reduce the braising liquid over high heat until glossy - the fruit should have broken down into a jammy sauce.
  9. Portion the meat, spoon the sweet-savory fruit sauce generously over the top, and finish with parsley.

Suggested Recipes