Corned Beef (How To Cure Your Own)

Title:
Corned Beef (How To Cure Your Own)

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Meats,
Sausage




Ingredients:





     5 lb Boneless Beef Roast*


     2 tb Sugar


   1/2 c  Table salt


     2 qt Water


     2 cl Garlic; peeled & sliced


     2 tb Pickling spices


     1 tb Dry minced onion





----------------------------SANDWICH
INGREDIENTS----------------------------


     3 cn Light Beer; (12 oz. each)


   1/4 c  Bottled Italian Dressing


    10    Peppercorns; (optional)





 * about 10" long, 4 to 5" wide and about 2" thick with just a thin covering


 of fat on one side.


 


 Place meat in an accommodating glass or plastic refrigerator container. Mix


 all remaining ingredients together in saucepan or bowl & pour over meat.


 Seal tightly with lid or plastic wrap, secured with rubber band.


 Refrigerate meat mixture for 7 days. Once a day turn meat over in marinade.


 On 7th day, remove from marinade & soak meat in cold water, covered, from


 water, draining it well.


 


 Prepare for sandwiches this way: Place drained, cured, beef roast in an


 accommodating pot. Add beer, Italian Dressing & peppercorns and bring to


 boil. Cover & reduce heat to gentle simmer for 2 1/2 hours. Remove from


 beer mixture. Add only 1 cup of beer mixture to beef in a shallow, small


 oblong roasting pan. Seal in plastic wrap & refrigerate several hours or


 overnight. Place in oven to bake at 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours, sealing


 pan in foil. Cool & slice across grain for sandwiches. Slices best when


 well chilled. Freeze in family portions, sliced, to thaw & serve in 3


 months. Refrigerate well-wrapped, to use in 4 or 5 days. Allow 1/2 lb. per


 serving.


 


 OPTIONAL BRINE: Drain juice from bottled dill pickles (any kind), mixing in


 equal parts with Dry Vermouth, sufficient to submerge beef instead of


 mixture given above.


 


 Source: Gloria Pitzers' Secret Fast Food Recipes 1976 reprinted 1985 From:


 Sandy May Date: 15 Jan 96


 Posted to recipelu-digest by "Diane Geary" 
on Mar 12,


 1998