2007-09-30 17:09:16 · 3 answers · asked by islacebu 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
get a brisket, and pickling spices. you have to boil it for several hours with the spices, some garlic cloves, a dried hot pepper.
find a good kosher cookbook. there's sure to be a recipe inside for it.
2007-09-30 17:14:27 · answer #1 · answered by SlothMom in Slothburgh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "preservatives" that you would use when making it at home is called Tender Quick by the Morton Salt people. It contains (in order of most to least) salt, sugar, sodium nitrate and propylene Glycol. That is what "corns" the beef and makes it red. If you didn't use it, then you'd just be having a roast using your brisket (the cut of meat used for corned beef). But, if you make it at home, it doesn't sit in the brine as long as they do in the stores and it's not as dark red as what you buy in the stores. At home it only sits in the brine for 24-48 hours. And, the home-made has a much better flavor than the stores. You brine it not only in the above, but also in the pickling spices and garlic. When you buy it in the store, they have the pickling spices in a little bag separate from the meat - brining with the spices flavors it nicely.
2007-09-30 17:19:10 · answer #2 · answered by Rli R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because both salt and sugar are preservatives
2007-09-30 17:58:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋