Ingredients
- 2 quarts water
- 1 cup kosher salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- two tablespoons saltpeter
- 1 cinnamon stick, damaged into several pieces
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 8 whole cloves
- 8 whole allspice berries
- 12 whole juniper berries
- 2 bay leaves, crumbled
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger root
- 2 pounds ice
- 1 (four to five pound) beef brisket, trimmed
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 1 large carrot, coarsely chopped
- 1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped
Directions
Put the water right into a large six to eight quart stockpot together with salt, sugar, saltpeter. cinnamon stick. mustard seeds, peppercorns. cloves. allspice, juniper berries, bay leaves and ginger root. Prepare over high temperature before the salt and sugar have dissolved. Remove in the heat and add some ice. Stir before the ice has melted. If required, put the brine in to the refrigerator until it reaches a temperature of 45 levels F. Once it's cooled, put the brisket inside a 2-gallon zip top bag and add some brine. Seal and lay flat in the container, cover and put within the refrigerator for ten days. Check daily to make certain the beef is totally submerged and stir the brine.
After ten days, remove in the brine and rinse well under awesome water. Put the brisket right into a pot just big enough to carry the meat, add some onion. carrot and celery and canopy with water by 1-inch. Set over high temperature and produce to some boil. Lessen the heat to low, cover and lightly simmer for just two 1/two to three hrs or before the meat is fork tender. Remove in the pot and thinly slice over the grain.
Recipe thanks to Alton Brown, 2007