The Witness Recipes

THE WITNESS

Steps:

• Chill a martini glass by packing it full of ice then filling it with cold water; set aside.
• Fill a martini shaker 3/4 full with ice. Pour in peach and grapefruit vodkas, triple sec, cranberry juice, grapefruit juice, and lime juice; squeeze and drop lime wedges into the shaker. Cover and shake vigorously at least 20 times until outside of shaker is frosted.
• Discard ice from martini glass. Strain cocktail into martini glass and garnish with a twist of lime.

KIWI WITNESS

Steps:

• Alternate adding the kiwis, cranberries, and strawberries to the juicer, and process until juiced. Pour the juice into a glass, and garnish the rim with a strawberry, if desired.From ULTIMATE JUICING: delicious recipes for over 125 of the best fruit and vegetable juice combinations. Copyright © 2000 Donna Pliner Rodnitzky. All Rights Reserved.

KIWI WITNESS

Steps:

• Alternate adding the kiwis, cranberries, and strawberries to the juicer, and process until juiced. Pour the juice into a glass, and garnish the rim with a strawberry, if desired.From ULTIMATE JUICING: delicious recipes for over 125 of the best fruit and vegetable juice combinations. Copyright © 2000 Donna Pliner Rodnitzky. All Rights Reserved.

JULIA CHILD'S SMOTHERED BEEF BRISKET

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mash the salt and thyme into the puréed garlic with the flat side of a large kitchen knife.
• Beat the oil and pepper into the garlic mixture and spread this mixture over both sides of the brisket.
• Toss the vegetables in a large bowl with a little salt and thyme.
• Spread half of the vegetable mixture in the bottom of a roasting pan.
• Place beef, fat side up, on top of the vegetables.
• Cover with the remaining vegetables.
• Cover the pan tightly with foil.
• (This dish may be prepared to this point in advance and refrigerated.).
• When ready to cook, cook--basting with pan juices every 1/2 hour--in a 300° oven 3-4 hours until a fork goes into the meat easily; by the end of cooking, the meat will have shrunk.
• **** If you are not serving the meat until the next day, transfer the meat with its vegetables to a smaller pot; degrease the juices and pour them over the brisket and chill, uncovered, until cooled; then cover and keep in the refrigerator up to 2 days. To reheat, put this dish in a 350° oven for 20 minutes, basting 2-3 times with its juices. ****.
• Remove the beef with its vegetable topping to a cutting board.
• Pour the juices into a saucepan, degrease, and rapidly boil down almost to a syrup.
• If you wish, you can thicken the juice into a sauce with 1-1/2 Tbs cornstarch blended with 2 Tbs of either wine or stock.
• Carve the meat across the grain into thin slanting slices.
• Accompany each serving of meat with 1-2 spoonfuls sauce and vegetables.