Home-Corned Beef Brisket & Cabbage, New England-Style
- 1/2 cup kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorns, cracked
- 3/4 tablespoon ground allspice
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- 1/2 tablespoon paprika
- 2 bay leaves, crumbled
- 4 -6 lbs fresh beef brisket, preferrably point cut trimmed of excess fat,rinse & pat dry
- 7 -8 lbs prepared vegetables, of your choice
- Mix salt and seasonings in a small bowl.
- Spear brisket about 30 times per side with meat fork or metal skewers.
- Rub each side evenly with salt mixture; place in a 2-gallon-size zipper-lock bag, forcing out as much air as possible.
- Place in a pan large enough to hold it (a jelly-roll pan works well), cover with second or similar sized pan, and weight with two bricks or heavy cans of similar weight.
- Refrigerate 5 to 7 days, turning once a day.
- Rinse meat and pat dry.
- Bring brisket to a boil with water to cover by 1/2 to 1 inch in a large soup kettle or stockpot (at least eight quarts), skimming any scum that rises to surface.
- Cover and simmer until skewer inserted in thickest part of briskest slides out with ease, 2 to 3 hours.
- Heat oven to 200 degrees F.
- Transfer meat to a large platter, ladling about 1 cup cooking liquid over it to keep it moist.
- Cover with foil and set in oven.
- Add vegetables from category 1 to kettle (see below) and bring to a boil; cover and simmer until vegetables begin to soften, about 10 minutes.
- Add vegetables from category 2 and bring to a boil; cover and simmer until all vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes longer.
- Meanwhile, remove the meat from oven and cut across the grain into 1/4-inch thick slices.
- Transfer vegetables to meat platter, moisten with additional broth and serve.
- VEGETABLES-CATEGORY 1: Carrots-peeled& halved crosswise; thin end halved lengthwise; Rutabagas-peeled& halved crosswise; each half cut into 6 chunks; White turnips-peeled and quartered; New potatoes-scrubbed and left whole.
- VEGETABLES-CATEGORY 2: Boiling onions-peeled and left whole; Green cabbage-uncored (small head), blemished leaves removed& cut into 6 to 8 wedges; Parsnips-peeled& halved crosswise; thin ends halved lengthwise, thick end quartered lengthwise; Brussel sprouts-blemished leaves removed, stems trimmed and left whole.
kosher salt, black peppercorns, ground allspice, thyme, paprika, bay leaves, fresh beef brisket, vegetables
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/home-corned-beef-brisket-cabbage-new-england-style-55411 (may not work)