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     Title: NEW ORLEANS' CHOLENT
Categories: Beef, Main dish, Jewish
     Yield: 6 servings

          Whole Brisket
          -salt to taste
          Cayenne pepper; to taste
     3 tb Olive oil
     3    Onions; peeled and sliced
          -thickly
     2 c  Dried lima; OR fava
          -kidney or other beans
          -washed and drained
     4 c  Water; or to cover
     1 tb Flour

 rub the brisket with the garlic, salt and cayenne
 pepper, sear in a heavy skillet in the olive oil
 Surround with the garlic, onions, beans and salt, add
 water, cover and bake in a preheated 250 degree oven
 for 8 hours.

 Just before serving mix the flour with 1/4 cup of the
 gravy, stirring briskly. Then stirring constantly,
 pour the paste into the gravy. Yield 12 servings  TIP
 you can also cook the dish ahead of time, refrigerate
 overnight, skim off the fat, slice the brisket and
 reheat

 SOURCE: BOOK OF JEWISH COOKING IN AMERICA by Joan
 Nathan Posted on PRODIGY, 9/94*; formatted by Elaine
 Radis BGMB90B; GEnie E.RADIS

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