This, I thought to myself as I admired the fine form of a slab of trimmed beef brisket on the bone, deserved flavour.
In just seven days, Frank N Furter claimed lasciviously in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, I can make you a man. In just four hours, you can turn out a beautiful hunk yourself – a hunk of beef brisket that’s juicy, succulent and, well, as perfect as Rocky.
It transpires that a former staffer had spent some time in Cape Town and learnt all manner of butcher’s tricks, and brought them back to his old Karoo town. The formerly rather straightforward choices have made way for all manner of delights for anyone who, like me, needs to come up with five fresh recipes a week and is always looking out for something different.
Choose the youngest rosemary branches you can identify, about the length of the brisket bone. Place the rosemary in a pile in the centre of the oven pan. Place the brisket on top of this.