Name: Holiday Brisket with Savory Onion Jus
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil; 6 medium onions, cut into quarters; 1 medium butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes; 1 (3 pound) boneless beef brisket; 1 3/4 cups Swanson® Beef Broth or Swanson® Beef Stock; 1/2 cup orange juice; 1/2 cup dry red wine; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Holiday Brisket with Savory Onion Jus

8 servings

Prep15 min

Cook3 hr 15 min

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
6 medium onions, cut into quarters
1 medium butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
1 (3 pound) boneless beef brisket
1 3/4 cups Swanson® Beef Broth or Swanson® Beef Stock
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup dry red wine
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

575Calories

30 gProtein

29 gFat

43 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Pumpkin	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Olive + butternut squashtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together689 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Beef + tomatotop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,448 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Olive + orangetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,456 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, butternut squash, beef, red wine, sugar, tomato):

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Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, butternut squash, beef, red wine, sugar, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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