Homemade Pastrami — Jewish Food Society

Ingredients

• 6 1/2 tablespoons fine sea salt
• 5 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 1/4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 1/4 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/4 tablespoons pink salt (sodium nitrite, purchase online or through your local butcher)
• 1 teaspoon garlic, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
• 1/4 teaspoon coriander
• 6 1/3 cups warm water
• 5-8 pound beef brisket (flat portion, sometimes referred to as ‘first cut’ with large fat cap untrimmed)
• 1/4 Cup Coarse Ground Pepper
• 1/4 Cup Coarse Ground Coriander
• 1/2 cup hickory or oakwood chips