Corned Beef

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Brined and past boiled, this is the existent deal.

You'll request a mates of 2-gallon zip-top bags.

Chef-restaurateur Cathal Armstrong likes to service this corned beef with a lukewarm achromatic condiment flecked with parsley.

Pink curing brackish and/or Insta-Cure #1 are disposable done section butcher shops and assorted online purveyors, including Amazon.com.

The nutrient needs a full of 17 days to brine and cure. It tin beryllium refrigerated successful its cooking liquid for up to 3 days, past reheat by cooking the nutrient successful hardly bubbling h2o until it's lukewarm each the mode done (about 20 minutes).

Ingredients

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Servings: 8-10

For the brine and beef

  • 2 quarts pat water, positive 2 quarts crystal water
  • 3/4 cupful kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoonful pinkish curing salt, specified arsenic sel roseate oregon Insta-Cure # 1 (see headnote)
  • 1/2 cupful airy brownish sugar
  • 3 tablespoons prepared pickling spice
  • One 5- to 7-pound afloat brisket (with deckle intact)

For the rub

  • 3 ample caller bay leaves, torn into tiny pieces
  • 9 cloves garlic, sliced oregon crushed
  • 3 tablespoons yellowish mustard seed
  • 2 tablespoons coarsely crushed achromatic pepper
  • 1/2 spoon crushed cinnamon
  • 1/2 spoon crushed allspice
  • 1/4 spoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1/4 spoon crushed cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 spoon crushed coriander

Adapted from "My Irish Table: Recipes From the Homeland and Restaurant Eve" (Ten Speed Press, 2014).

Tested by Toni L. Sandys.

Published March 11, 2014

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Updated March 14, 2026

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