Home Corned Beef Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups kosher salt
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons pink salt (sodium nitrite), optional
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tbs fresh ginger, minced
• 3 tbs pickling spice (below)
• 1 2.5-pound beef brisket or chuck roast
• 5 quarts waterPickling Spice-
• 1/2 tbs black peppercorns
• 1/2 tbs white peppercorns
• 1 tbs allspice berries
• 1 tbs juniper berries
• 1 tbs brown mustard seeds
• 1 tbs coriander seeds
• 1 tbs hot red chili flakes
• 1 tsp whole, crushed nutmeg
• 1 cinnamon stick, broken
• 5 star anise crumbled
• 4 bay leaves crumbled Dinner-
• 2 onions, quartered
• 4 carrots (or parsnips), 2 inch chunks
• 4 potatoes, quartered
• 1 head cabbage, quartered