Smoked Corned Beef

Ingredients

• 4 lbs raw sugar
• 1.5 lbs coarse sea salt
• 0.25 lbs saltpetre
• 0.5 oz bruised juniper berries (optional)
• common salt

Directions

1. Hang the lean part of the beef in a cool cellar until tender but not tainted.

2. Mix raw sugar, coarse sea salt, saltpetre, and bruised juniper berries if using.

3. Rub the mixture well into the meat.

4. Place the meat in a salting tub and sprinkle with common salt.

5. Ensure the liquor formed is rubbed into the meat.