Learn How to Make Pastrami at Home

Ingredients

• 1 beef brisket flat
• 1 gallon water
• 3/4 cup kosher salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp pink salt (sodium nitrite)
• 5 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tbsp pickling spice
• Note: Depending on the size of your brisket, and the container in which you are brining, you may need to multiply this recipe. You will need enough brine to cover the brisket in the brining container.
• 1/4 cup black peppercorns, toasted, coarsely ground
• 1/4 cup coriander seeds, toasted, coarsely ground
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns
• 1 tbsp mustard seeds
• 1 tbsp red chile flakes
• 1 tbsp allspice berries
• 1 tbsp whole cloves
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground mace
• 1 small cinnamon stick, crushed
• 2 bay leaves, broken in to pieces