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Corned BEEF naturally

Cutting out nitrates & nasties from our diet meant saying goodbye to corned BEEF...not anymore, this is an absolute winner
Print Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Brine time 7 days
Course Main Course

Equipment

  • 1 Large food grade sealable bag that holds liquid options are ziplock bag, tuppaware container, vacuum seal bag

Ingredients
  

Pickling Spice

  • 2 Tbsp Black peppercorns
  • 1/8 tsp cinnamon
  • 9 whole Cardamon seeds
  • 2 tsp Cloves
  • 1 pinch Chilli Flakes
  • 2 Tbsp mustard seeds
  • 2 Tbsp Coriander
  • 2 Tbsp All spice berries
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 4 Bay leaves

Brine

  • 4 litres Warm Water
  • 300 grams pink Himalayan salt pink helps with colour
  • 3 Tbsp Pickling spice from above recipe
  • 1/4 cup coconut sugar

Additional ingredients

  • 1 KFG grass fed & finished Beef brisket or bolar roast
  • 1 Large Beetroot
  • 1 sloosh Apple cider vinegar
  • 2 whole bay leaves
  • 1 Tbsp Whole peppercorns

GF white sauce

  • 4 Tbsp Butter grass fed & finished best
  • 4 Tbsp Potato flour
  • 6 Cups Milk from your cow even better
  • 1 pinch salt to taste
  • 1 pinch pepper to taste
  • 1/4 bunch Parsley to your taste

Instructions
 

Pickling Spice

  • Combine all spices & herbs together in a bowl & set aside

Brine

  • Add the salt to warm water & stir to dissolve
  • Add remainder brine ingredients into the salty water

Method

  • Place meat into container or plastic ziplock bag, seal thoroughly.
  • Cover with the brine so at least one side of the beef is fully submerged.
  • Place in fridge & flip daily for 7 days to fully brine the beef
  • After day 7 drain the brine off the meat, cook now or place in new vac seal bag and freeze for later.

Cooking method

  • Place beef that has been brined into a large saucepan
  • Cover with water.
  • Add in the Apple Cider vinegar & peppercorns
  • Cut the beetroot uo into 8ths, this will expel the red dye from the beet & colour the corned beef.
  • Simmer until cooked... around 1.5hrs or till meat is 65 degrees celsius when tested in the centre

White sauce

  • In heavy based saucepan melt butter & add potato flour to create a rue' to golden
  • Slowly add milk, whisking the whole time to incorporate
  • once smooth consistency add in finely chopped parsley
Keyword corned beef, nitrate free