Cherry smoked Pastrami

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Decided to take a crack at pastrami. Started out with a 2.5 pound Nathans Corned Beef Brisket. Here it is after soaking in water overnight, patted dry & seasoned with black pepper and garlic powder:

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a few hours in, egg was at about 275 or so:

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After a total of 5 hours, resting on the board:

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A few slices to sample it:

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the flavor was unbelievable:

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A definite do over. The only thing I'll change is a longer soak to get more of the salt out. This one soaked for about 18 hours and the water was changed 3 times.
 
Finally got to use the pastrami, here it is in the Reuban, rye bread, swiss cheese & sour kraut:
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buttered up & onto the panini press:

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Some Thousand Island dressing:

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Ready to go:

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It was as good as it looks. I put a lot of smoke on this thing & wondered if I over did it, but the flavor was just perfect on the sandwich with all the other ingredients. Already can't wait to eat another one of these tomorrow for lunch :becky:
 
So wait you just started with a prepackaged corned beef and then smoked it right?
 
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