Pastrami
Pastrami is pretty easy to make at home, but it does take a while. If you're feeling up to making it from scratch, here's my recipe.
Ingredients
BRINE
- 3.5-4 kg (7.7-8.8 lbs) brisket
- 3.5L (3.7 quarts) water
- 200g (7 oz) cooking salt (kosher salt)
- 12g (0.4 oz) curing salt (cure #1)
- 150g (5.3 oz) dark brown sugar
- 2g coriander seeds
- 1g chilli flakes
- 8g (0.3 oz) mustard seeds
- 2g juniper berries
- 2g cloves
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 4 bay leaves
- 5 cloves garlic, smashed
PASTRAMI SPICE
- 10g (0.35 oz) whole black peppercorns
- 10g (0.35 oz) coriander seeds
- 10g (0.35 oz) mustard seeds
- 25g (0.9 oz) brown sugar
- 6g (0.2 oz) smoked paprika
- 12g (0.4 oz) garlic powder
Directions
Nutrition
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- 1 serving
- Calories
- per serving
- 730
Amount/Serving
% Daily Value
- Carbs
- 11 grams
- Protein
- 82 grams
- Fat
- 38 grams
- Saturated Fat
- 14 grams
- Fiber
- 1 grams
- Sugar
- 10 grams
- Sodium
- 8900 milligrams
- Cholesterol
- 220 milligrams
- Potassium
- 1050 milligrams
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