Homemade Corned Beef | Like Costa’s | Abby’s Version

🧂 Ingredients

• 750 grams Beef

  Or Veal, Minced
• 1 Tablespoon Salt Petre (Saltpeter)

  Or 0.5 tsp Curing Salt
• 2 Litres Water
• 75 grams Salt
• 75 grams Sugar
• 4 teaspoon Pepper Powder

  Adjust to taste
• 3 Bay Leaves

  or 4 Anise flowers
• 3 Tablespoon Butter

Instructions

• 1 Wash the minced beef or veal (If you're in India. If you're elsewhere just skip
  to step 2.)
• 2 Add salt petre or curing salt to it and mix well. (We mix the salt petre with
  hands to make sure it covers all the minced meat.) Put this in the refrigerator
  for 4 – 5 hours.
• 3 In a vessel, add water, salt, sugar, pepper powder and bay leaves and allow to
  boil. This will be your brining solution.
• 4 When cool, add the minced beef to it and mix thoroughly.
• 5 Refrigerate and stir once a day for 5 days. (If you're in a cooler climate, no
  need to refrigerate.)
• 6 After 5 days, boil the mixture on medium flame for 45 mins and strain the
  liquid.
• 7 Add 3 tbsp butter and grind with a hand blender for a smoother texture.
• 8 Wrap in clingfilm and shape the corned beef into a log. Or just spoon it into an
  iartight container and store.

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