Home-Corned Beef with Vegetables

Name: Home-Corned Beef with Vegetables
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 1 (4 1/2- to 5-pound), beef brisket, flat cut; 3/4 cup, salt, for brining; 1/2 cup, packed brown sugar; 2 teaspoons pink curing, salt #1, for brining; 6 , garlic cloves, peeled; 6 , bay leaves; 5 , allspice berries; 2 tablespoons, peppercorns; 1 tablespoon, coriander seeds; 6 , carrots, peeled, halved crosswise, thick ends halved lengthwise; 1 1/2 pounds, small red potatoes, unpeeled; 1 head, green cabbage (2 pounds), uncored, cut into 8 wedges

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1997, America's Test Kitchen TV

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Beef

Once you find the right curing method, corning beef requires no work, just time. And the results are superb.

SERVES8 to 10

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Making corned beef at home is actually quite simple. We soaked a flat-cut brisket for six days in a brine made with both table and pink curing salt and flavored with sugar, whole spices, and garlic. After the soak, the seasoning had penetra...

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