New England Style Corned Beef 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

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 BOILED BEEF DINNER

Steps:

• Tie the beef into individual packages with string to prevent them from falling apart.
• In a large pot, combine the beef and water and bring to the boil. reduce to a simmer and allow to cook for 10 minutes. Skim any residue that collects on the surface.
• Add the onion, celery, garlic and salt.
• Tie the thyme, bay, rosemary, black pepper and cloves into a small sachet with cheesecloth. Add this bouquet garni to the pot and allow to slowly simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• Add at this time the carrots, leeks, turnips and parsnips and continue to slowly simmer for 20 minutes. Add the potatoes and cabbage and allow to cook for 20 minutes more before serving in bowls with a slice of cabbage, some broth and mustard and pickles.

JEWISH STYLE CORNED BEEF

Steps:

• Place all ingredients except garlic and brisket in a large pan and bring to a boil and cool. Place garlic and brisket in non-reactive pot and cover with brining liquid, cover with a plate and weight for 3 weeks, turning after 1 1/2 weeks.;
• Remove meat from the brine and rinse. Add enough water to the steamer pot to reach just below the bottom of the steamer. Place meat in steamer. Steam for 3 hours, until tender.
• Suggested wine: 1988 Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett, Elisabeth Christoffel - Berres

NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNER (CORNED BEEF)

Steps:

• Place beef in a large Dutch oven. Add black peppercorns, mustard seeds, cloves, allspice, and bay leaves. Cover with water to 2 inches above beef; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; partially cover, and simmer 2 hours or until beef is tender. Remove beef from pan.
• Strain cooking liquid through a sieve over a large bowl, reserving cooking liquid; discard solids. Place 1 larve heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag inside each of 2 bowls. Pour reserved cooking liquid into bags; stand 10 minutes (fat will rise to the top). Seal bags; carefully snip off 1 bottom corner of 1 bag. Drain liquid into pan, stopping before fat layer reahces the opening; discard fat. Repeat procedure with remaining bag.
• Add beef, carrot, rutabaga, parsnips, onions and potatoes to pan; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Arrange cabbage on top; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes or until cabbage is tender.
• Remove beef from pan, and cut across grain into 16 slices. Strain vegetable mixture through a sieve over a large bowl, reserving vegetable mixture and cooking liquid. Place 1 cabbage wedge, 1 1/2 cup vegetable mixture and 2 beef slices into each of 8 large soup bowls. Pour 1/2 cup reserved cooking liquid over each serving; reserve remaining cooking liquid for another use.

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.

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.

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.