Spoonfuls of beef tallow laid on the bark before wrapping

2024-10

Spoonfuls of beef tallow laid on the bark before wrapping, 2024 — photograph by Ray Patrick

Food

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Subject

A brisket on white butcher paper, its bark almost black and deeply cracked, with five or six pale lumps of set beef tallow spooned across the top ready to be wrapped and finished in the oven.

From the artist:

Now we wrap and finish in the oven at 225F. The white gel is tallow from a previous cook to maximize juiciness