Corned Beef Dinner

To me corned beef is by a large margin my favorite meal. It brings back those great memories from my childhood of going to my grandmothers house for dinner and having corned beef, potatoes, and a good loaf of rye bread (and perhaps just a touch of mustard). Alas she passed before I discovered the joys of cooking and nobody in my family has her recipe (probably because she never really wrote them down). So I've spent these last several years searching for a new recipe to love. This is the result, a recipe i picked up a little while ago and have developed a bit since then. It is almost foolproof and will deliver consistent results every time.

Step 1 Ingredients and Equipment

This is a one pot meal requiring only a few simple ingredients you can get at any grocery store in America. Here in Tampa it costs me about $15 - $20 depending on the size of the corned beef.

Equipment:

Dutch Oven
Cheese Cloth
Cutting Board
Carving or Bread Knife
Teaspoon Measuring Spoon

Ingredients:

4 Allspice Berries
2 Whole Cloves
1 Cinnamon Stick
2-3 Bay Leaves
2 Teaspoons Black Peppercorns
3 - 5 Pound Corned Beef
1 Bag of Small Potatoes
1 Bag of Baby Carrots

You can of course brine your own corned beef but I honestly don't plan that far ahead so i never do it myself. Traditionally cabbage is also served with corned beef but I hate the stuff so I don't cook it.

Comments

[ironsmiter]

Cabbage. Must add cabbage to the boil.

There's just something about the CB/C/P combo that works.

The corned-beef gives up it's salt to the potato.
The Beef takes the bitter away from the cabbage.
The potato adds sweetness to the cabbage.


Though, now that I think on it... you probably get very similar results with the carrot.
As long as they are young and sweet(and not the "baby" carrots machined from ancient regular carrots).
You miss out on the best cabbage ever, but if "traditional Irish American food" isn't your thing, or you just HATE cabbage cooked that way...


Good Idea. I'll have to try it.

[jeffrey4283]

Thanks. I know that cabbage is the traditional accompaniment however I have despised boiled cabbage since I was a child. You can really boil any vegetable of your choice if you don't mind breaking tradition ;-)