New England Style Boiled Corned Beef Cabbage Dinner Food

NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNER

Steps:

• Boil the corned beef and seasonings: Put the brisket in a 5- or 6-quart Dutch oven and cover with an inch of water. If you are using corned beef brisket and it does not come already packed in seasoning, add peppercorns, cloves, and a bay leaf to the pot. If using fresh brisket, add 1 teaspoon of salt for every quart of water. Bring to a simmer and then cover, lowering the heat until it is barely simmering. Keep at a low simmer for 4 hours or until the meat is tender (a fork goes through easily).
• Remove the meat and add the vegetables: Remove the meat and set aside, keeping the meat warm. Add the vegetables to the pot. Check the broth for taste. If it is too salty, add a little more water to taste. Raise the temperature and bring the soup to a high simmer. Cook at a high simmer until done, about 15 to 30 minutes longer, depending on the size of the cut of your vegetables.
• Slice the meat across the grain: Slice the meat in thin slices across the grain. You may find it easier to slice if you first cut the roast in half along the same direction as the grain of the meat. Then slice smaller lengths across the grain. Serve in bowls, a few pieces of meat in each, add some of the vegetables and some broth. Serve with horseradish sauce , mustard or both.

NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNER (CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE)

Steps:

• Place corned beef in a large pot, cover with cold water.
• Bring to a simmer, simmer for 5 minutes, then remove and rinse meat, empty the water out of the pan.
• Place meat back in the pan along with the onion, garlic, the cloves, pickling spice and bay leaves.
• Cover with 12 cups cold water, or more to cover the meat.
• Bring back to a simmer, partially cover the pan, simmer for 3- 4 hours (adding more water as necessary to keep beef covered), until beef is tender, but not falling apart.
• Remove the beef from the pot, wrap in foil, and keep warm.
• Strain the cooking liquid, and add it back to the pot, discarding the onion and spices.
• Bring the liquid back to a simmer, and add the vegetables in this order-- (you should end up with all the veggies in the pot together) cabbage--give it about 4 minutes, then add turnips--give them about 5 minutes, then add carrots--give them about 3 minutes, and then add potatoes, simmering for about 10-15 more minutes.
• They should all be fork tender.
• David serves it this way--slice corned beef thinly against the grain, place in a shallow soup bowl with vegetables, and ladle about 1/2 cup stock over all, with mustard and/or horseradish on the side.
• We have it in dinner plates sliced, with our veggies on the side, and plenty of butter and salt and pepper on them.
• Also great with crusty bread, and maybe some mustard or horseradish on the side.

NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNER

Steps:

• In a large pot combine the meat, the spice bag and enough cold water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 2 hours. Add vegetables and salt and return to a simmer. Continue to simmer until fork-tender, 30 minutes to 1 hour longer.
• For the Horseradish Cream: In a small bowl combine sour cream and horseradish; season, to taste, with salt, pepper and hot sauce.
• To finish, remove corned beef to a carving board and slice against the grain. Transfer to a large, warmed, deep platter. Drain broth and reserve for soup, if desired. Arrange vegetables around meat and serve. Pass the horseradish cream for guests to help themselves.

NEW ENGLAND STYLE BOILED CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE DINNER

Steps:

• Place corned beef in uncovered Dutch oven, with spices up.
• Cover with 2 inches of cold water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and allow to simmer slowly for 2 hours.
• Add vegetables and continue to simmer with lid on for 1 hour or until meat is fork tender and vegetables are done.

HOME-CORNED BEEF BRISKET & CABBAGE, NEW ENGLAND-STYLE

Steps:

• Mix salt and seasonings in a small bowl.
• Spear brisket about 30 times per side with meat fork or metal skewers.
• Rub each side evenly with salt mixture; place in a 2-gallon-size zipper-lock bag, forcing out as much air as possible.
• Place in a pan large enough to hold it (a jelly-roll pan works well), cover with second or similar sized pan, and weight with two bricks or heavy cans of similar weight.
• Refrigerate 5 to 7 days, turning once a day.
• Rinse meat and pat dry.
• Bring brisket to a boil with water to cover by 1/2 to 1 inch in a large soup kettle or stockpot (at least eight quarts), skimming any scum that rises to surface.
• Cover and simmer until skewer inserted in thickest part of briskest slides out with ease, 2 to 3 hours.
• Heat oven to 200 degrees F.
• Transfer meat to a large platter, ladling about 1 cup cooking liquid over it to keep it moist.
• Cover with foil and set in oven.
• Add vegetables from category 1 to kettle (see below) and bring to a boil; cover and simmer until vegetables begin to soften, about 10 minutes.
• Add vegetables from category 2 and bring to a boil; cover and simmer until all vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes longer.
• Meanwhile, remove the meat from oven and cut across the grain into 1/4-inch thick slices.
• Transfer vegetables to meat platter, moisten with additional broth and serve.
• VEGETABLES-CATEGORY 1: Carrots-peeled& halved crosswise; thin end halved lengthwise; Rutabagas-peeled& halved crosswise; each half cut into 6 chunks; White turnips-peeled and quartered; New potatoes-scrubbed and left whole.
• VEGETABLES-CATEGORY 2: Boiling onions-peeled and left whole; Green cabbage-uncored (small head), blemished leaves removed& cut into 6 to 8 wedges; Parsnips-peeled& halved crosswise; thin ends halved lengthwise, thick end quartered lengthwise; Brussel sprouts-blemished leaves removed, stems trimmed and left whole.

TRADITIONAL BOILED DINNER

Steps:

• Place the brisket and contents of spice packet in a Dutch oven. Add the peppercorns, bay leaves and enough water to cover; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours or until meat is almost tender. , Add potatoes, carrots and onion; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add cabbage, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Discard bay leaves and peppercorns. Thinly slice meat; serve with vegetables and horseradish or mustard if desired.

NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNER

Steps:

• Place meat in dutch oven.
• Add spices from pkg if desired.
• Add water to cover meat.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered 2 hours.
• Add all vegetables EXCEPT cabbage.
• Cover, return to boiling.
• Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• Add cabbage.
• Cover; cook for 20 minutes more.
• Season with salt and pepper.

NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNER

Steps:

• Rinse the corned beef with cold water.
• Place the corned beef in a very large pot.
• Cover with cold water and bring to a boil.
• Skim off any surface scum once it reaches a boil.
• Add bay leaves, cover and simmer for two hours.
• Add the potatoes and onions and cook for 20 minutes.
• Add the carrots, turnips and parsnips and cook for 30 more minutes.
• Meanwhile, put beets in a large pot of cold water and bring to a boil.
• Add a large pinch of salt once boiling.
• Reduce heat to a low simmer, half cover and continue cooking for 35 minutes, then strain.
• When cool, remove the peels and put the beets in a gratin dish with some butter and/or vinegar in a 200 degree oven to keep warm.
• When assembling the dish, do not include the beets with the other veggies. Serve them as are in their own gratin dish.
• Remove the meat from the pot and place on an oven proof platter or roasting pan, cover with tinfoil and place in the oven with the beets.
• Bring the broth and vegetable mixture up to a boil and add the cabbage. Boil for 5 minutes and then turn down to a simmer and cook for at least 3 more minutes, more if you like softer cabbage (I do it for 10 more minutes).
• Slice the meat and serve on a platter, surrounded by the vegetables and some of the stock or pot liqueur .
• Enjoy!