Corned Beef

[Drew]

First attempt at corned beef.
Soaked in water for two hours and then made a rub of peppercorns, coriander seeds, onion powder, thyme, garlic powder and paprika.
Rubbed, wrapped and into the fridge overnight.

Took 6 hours at 300F to reach 185F inside.

I came out pretty good, I normally just boil corned beef..... Not any more! :becky:
It was so tender that it was falling apart as I sliced.

 

[stephan]

Nice job, looks great

 

[thirdeye]

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That looks like your pastrami started out as a corned round roast. I really like those and keep an eye out for them. They don't have a heavy fat cap like a corned brisket, but you can see the even marbeling of fat in my photo (this one had been chilled).​

 

[Ron_L]

That looks great, Drew! We have one store around here hat regularly carries corned rounds instead of briskets. As Thirdeye said, they don't have as much fat as a brisket, so they can dry out very easily. It looks like yours was perfect!

BTW, technically you made pastrami, which is smoked corned beef.

 

[bigabyte]

Looks fantastic!

 

[Groundhog66]

Oh yeah, I would love that right now. Just add cabbage and spuds, Mmmmmm.

 

[Phubar]

Looks very good,probably tasted better!

 

[Gore]

Beautiful!

 

[Mister Bob]

That really looks great! I haven't seen a corned round before, I'll have to ask my butcher.

 

[Wrench_H]

Looks good to me. I'll take some rye bread, swiss cheese and kraut with mine. Nice work.

 

[Drew]

Thanks everyone, I am a fan of corned beef (or in this case pastrami :-D)
The other plus is that it is very cheap over here. $9 normally gets you one that is around 4lb.
I had already sliced a fair amount for tea (pastrami and sauerkraut sandwiches) before I remembers to take pics :icon_blush:

 

[landarc]

That is a good looking hunk of meat you cooked there

 

[Old Smoke]

Looks good from waaaaaay over here.

 

[aquablue22]

Amazing, looks great!

 

[jestridge]

Looks great no matter what you call it.

 

[SmokinAussie]

Yes, that's really nice.

Well done!

Bill

 

[LMAJ]

Very nice. Big Al was just asking when we would be doing some pastrami - he has a hankering for some hash.