I always brown my meat and remove from dish, then brown some onions and carrots in the same casserole dish (cast iron one) and put the piece of meat back in. Add enough stock to come about a third of the way up the meat. Cover with lid and cook for 3hrs or so. That way you get the taste of roast but nice and moist and lovely gravy. I hope yours turns out lovely whichever way you do it. One of our favourite meals.
I love slow roast brisket. I usually put just a splash of water or red wine in the bottom of the dish to create a bit of steam, then, as above, cover it with foil, set and forget. I do the same thing with beef short ribs and they are truly delicious.
Sizzle it in a hot oven, then turn down to 130c, cover it with onions, garlic, a tablespoon of tomato purée and stock. Leave it covered for four hours and it will be tender and delicious. The cheaper cuts of meat are excellent if you slow cook them.
I do have a slow cooker (and use it often) but I didn't want to slow cook it - I bought a batch of meat late last year via the DIL of a farmer in Somerset that only slaughters once a year and sells some meat to family and friends. I bought about 15 kgs of meat altogether and all of it was absolutely delicious, in fact has spoilt my taste buds! This is the last bit I have left of that batch and I am pretty sure it will be very tasty if I roast it slowly.
So, I'm gonna go with merlot 's suggestion.
I have a vague memory that you used to be able to buy "rolled brisket" and I remember that as being really tasty roasted in a low oven.
From Google I also discovered that it is a Jewish Passover dish - done much like merlot suggests. So into the oven it will go at about 4 to be eaten at around 7 p.m.
Yeah. If you stew it long enough. still gonna be fibrous. Look which bit of the cow it comes from. She needs strong muscles there. (The cow, not Grannyknot)
If you don't have a slow cooker just season the joint, trickle some oil over the top, add fresh herbs (sage, thyme, rosemary etc.,) cover with foil and slow roast in the bottom of the oven.
Remove the foil half an hour before serving to brown the top.
You can't do anything with brisket except cook it very slowly covered, with root veg and some stock. It is not a roasting joint. It is stewing meat. Sorry.
Nip out to the supermarket and get something decent?
My friend was raving about meat cooked in a slow cooker - have you got one lurking in the back of a cupboard like me ? (I keep meaning to get friendly with it)
Any tips for roasting a perfect brisket? I have a really nice piece of brisket for tonight when daughter and her husband are coming, but often my brisket roasts are a bit dull/dry. All ideas welcome!