Pickled Corned Beef Roast Recipes

HOW TO MAKE CORNED FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Take 2 litres of the water and in a pan combine it with the salt, prague powder #1, sugar, pickling spice, bay leaves and garlic. Heat and stir to dissolve the salt and bring to a simmer. Once all the salt and sugar has dissolved remove from the heat and add 1 litres of cool water to bring the temperature down. Let the brine cool and put in the fridge to chill, I usually leave it, covered, in the fridge overnight.
• Trim the brisket or whatever cut of beef you have chosen. Remove most of the fat from the outside and any sinew. Place the beef in a non- reactive container such as plastic or glass that will hold the meat as well as all 3 litres of brine. Cover the beef with the cold brine and make sure it is fully submerged. Cover and place in the fridge.
• Leave the beef in the fridge for 7 days. Make sure the meat is submerged and give the brine a stir once a day to ensure the brine has an even concentration of both salt and flavourings. During these 7 days the salt will slowly work it way to the center of the meat.
• After 7 days remove the corned beef from the refrigerator and give it a rinse under cool running water, discard the brine. Place in a pot and submerge in water, bring to the boil and simmer. You may wish to add a few vegetables and herbs to flavour the cooking stock such as carrots, celery and onions. Boil for around 3 hours until the meat is nice and tender.

CORNED BEEF ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Place the brisket in the center of a roasting pan. Arrange the potatoes and carrots around the sides. Place the onion and garlic on top of the roast, and season with salt and pepper. Empty the seasoning packet over the roast, and pour enough water into the pan to almost cover the potatoes. Cover with a lid or heavy aluminum foil.
• Roast for 5 to 6 hours in the preheated oven, until the roast is so tender it can be flaked apart with a fork.

A SLICE OF HEAVEN (BAKED CORNED BEEF)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 270 degrees F (132 degrees C).
• Rinse corned beef in running water to remove about 1/2 of the salt and trim away any fat. Place corned beef in a baking dish and spread a 1/4-inch layer brown sugar over beef. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (65 degrees C) is reached, about 2 hours.

PICKLING CORNED BEEF

Steps:

• Place brisket in large pot, add brown sugar, pickling spices, salt, saltpeter, bay leaves and water.
• Bring to boil 5 minutes.
• Let stand overnight to cool.
• Place in 5 gallon crock with cooled mixture. Add sliced garlic; liquid enough to cover meat. Put a board and stone on top beef.
• Keep submerged.
• Place cheesecloth across top of crock.
• Tie down.
• Put lid on.
• Leave enough space between lid and cloth for air.
• At end of 12 days place meat in cold water for 1 hour.
• Remove meat. Wipe well.

OVEN-ROASTED CORNED BEEF FOR SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Place a metal rack in a large baking pan.
• Rinse brisket very well, especially if it has pickling seasoning on it. Cut off extra fat, leaving just some of it. Apply pepper and garlic powder and rub it into the meat. Put brisket, fat-side up, on the prepared rack. Pour beer into the pan and cover with foil.
• Cook in the preheated oven until brisket is very tender, about 4 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 160 degrees F (71 degrees C).
• Remove from the oven and transfer brisket to a platter. Cover tightly with foil and let sit for 20 minutes.
• Use a very sharp knife to slice meat across the grain and at a bit of an angle into very thin slices.