Claimjumpers' Corned Beef.
You can cook Claimjumpers' Corned Beef using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Claimjumpers' Corned Beef
- Prepare 1 cup of salt.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of sugar.
- It's 2 quarts of water.
- Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
- It's 8 of whole peppercorns, divided.
- It's 1 clove of garlic, crushed.
- Prepare 1 tbs of pickling spice.
- Prepare 4 lb of beef brisket.
- Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
- You need 1 clove of garlic, minced.
- You need of Sauce:.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of bourbon.
- It's 1 1/2 cups of firmly packed dark brown sugar.
- You need 3 tbs of prepared mustard.
- You need 3/4 cup of apple juice.
Claimjumpers' Corned Beef step by step
- Start corning beef 7 days before serving..
- In large pot pour salt and sugar into water, stirring to dissolve. Add 2 bay leaves, 4 pepperscorns, 1 clove garlic and pickling spice. Place beef in brine. Place weighted plate on beef to keep beef submerged. Cover pot and refrigerate for 7 days. Turn beef at least once every day..
- Remove beef from brine and wash well in clear water. Place beef in deep stock pot and cover with fresh water. Add remaining 2 bay leaves, 4 peppercorns and 1 clove garlic. Heat to boiling. Turn heat down immediately and simmer slowly, covered, for at least 3 hours or until tender. Remove corned beef from pot and place on rack in shallow roasting pan, fat side up..
- Prepare basting sauce by combining bourbon with brown sugar, mustard and apple juice. Pour basting sauce over brisket. Roast at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, basting with pan juices every 10 minutes. Slice thinly on diagonal and serve with remaining sauce..