Salt Beef Recipe (Corned Beef)

Ingredients

• 1.8-2 kg beef brisket (trimmed and rolled)
• 440 ml stout (such as Guinness)
• 100 g light brown sugar
• 4 tsp pink curing salt (or Prague Powder #1)
• 400 g fine sea salt (plus more)
• 1 thumb-sized piece fresh ginger (peeled and sliced)
• 2 dried chillies
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 8 bay leaves
• 6 cardamom pods
• 2 tbsp peppercorns
• 2 tbsp coriander seeds
• 2 tbsp mustard seeds
• 1 tbsp allspice berries
• 1 tbsp juniper berries
• 1 tsp cloves