Corned Beef At Home: Recipes, Tips, etc.

[SLB]

Over thisaway, an eye of round just went into Ruhlman's brine recipe; pickling spice from Penzeys, fancy pink salt from "Eric Ripert and La Boite", which I remember walking a million blocks west to acquire pre-pandemic.

 

I might cut the meat into chunks, it's 10 cm at the widest end.  

 

I hope it works out.  The cattle farmer I buy beef from tops me off with cuts that he has in surplus because he knows I'll cook almost anything; I don't have the heart to tell him that I've had it with round.  Also, turning down meat seems crazy . . . anyway.  I hope this corn concept works out tasty.  

 

 

 

[rotuts]

@gfweb

 

yes.  its in there , w who knows what .

 

rinse the meat in cold water .  In the past soaking , re salt content 

 

before SV really did not work , but , I now deal w the NaCL  after the fact .    not an issue

 

this time , I cut the CB into three , and soaked in cold water , for 10 minutes or so

 

and changed the cold water , 2 - 3 times , as I could see  ' Jus ' etc

 

then did the vac , and SV 48 H @  140f.   

 

first batch out tomorrow , and Ill try to cold smoke those , outside as I have in the past .

 

 

Edited Monday at 10:49 PM by rotuts (log)

[rotuts]

@SLB

 

fantastic !  interested to hear how it works out.

 

do you SV ?  

 

Id take that hunk , after the cure , and SV to tender , at the lowest temp possible

 

lower temp , longer to tender ness  .but no extra work involved.

 

then , slice as thin as you can , for a roast beef sandwich , w all your favorite trimmngs.

[SLB]

I don't SV; I may be the only person on here who does not.  

 

I was thinking, the old-timey pressure cooker.  That may be a bad idea with such a lean cut.  

[liuzhou]

3 minutes ago, SLB said:

I don't SV; I may be the only person on here who does not.  

 

 

Definitely not the only one!

[AlaMoi]

hard to believe . . . but our local markets only have corned beef available the day before (St Patty's) and then days to weeks after (left over stock - on sale - really good prices....)

at an 'off major' market I did find an off-brand, thin cut, point,,,, corned beef.

it was terrible.

 

any opinions on the "best" national brand?

[rotuts]

@AlaMoi

 

you must not live in a ' St. P's Day ' area.

 

 

again , the above represents states , not cities .  NY and Chicago used to have significant parades.

 

I lived in Chicago for several years , an Mayor Daley , the Original ,

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Daley

 

made a big deal of St.P's day , stenciling on each crosswalk , in green ,

 

" Mayor Daley invites You and Your Family to the St Patrick days parade "

 

but that's a bit of Machine Politics , at its peak   Bread and Circus.

 

here , in the BOS area , Stop & Shop has had the best deals on CB's , for years , and good quality .

 

Im very surprised  its back @ $ 1.49 //Point // lbs.   

 

Market Basket , a less expensive store :  $ 2.99.  and Roche Bros  : $ 7.99.

 

would be interesting to know , if we had any Irish Posters from Ireland , what it goes for there.

 

and to answer your question , its a niche item , doubt there are any USA National brands.

 

This I found quite interesting , never have thought about it at all :

 

https://www.authenticvacations.com/corned-beef-and-cabbage-the-shocking-truth

Edited 9 hours ago by rotuts (log)