Corned Beef
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the brine
Boil water in a pot.
Add salt to the boiling water.
Cook the beef
Place the beef in the pot once the water is boiling.
Boil for 3 hours, adding boiling water if it evaporates.
Ensure the meat is tender before serving.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Beef
- Provides the meat that becomes tender during long, gentle boiling.
- Table salt
- Seasons the meat and helps it hold moisture and flavor during cooking.
The step that matters
Keep the pot boiling and the beef covered. Adding boiling water rather than cold water keeps the temperature steady. Cold water would cool the pot and slow the breakdown of connective tissue, so the meat would stay tough.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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