Boiled Brisket (Corned Beef) OT

bgebrent

My much better half wanted an Octoberfest meal celebrating her German heritage. Reuben's were chosen as she associates them with her childhood Octoberfest. I picked up a prime packer,trimmed it and pickled it for 5 days using Ruhlman's recipe.  Turned out perfect!!  Used the flat for corned beef, the point became pastrami.  Made Ruebens with homemade dressing and kraut.  Traditional Octoberfest meal for us.  I'll corn beef again.  Pastrami is ready to go.
Good to be back.










Dinner was completed with bacon-potato salad, pickled beets, grain mustard on a brat with a pickle.  The corned beef...I can only recommend highly.

lousubcap

Friggin great cook as always-congrats. Testament to your skill set.  And that annual event is a beer drinker's heaven.  
Had I been offered the same challenge, I would have defaulted to German beer  but a liquid cook is quite simple.  

DoubleEgger

Nice! New egg table? 

NPHuskerFL

Brent this ALL looks spot on my friend!  

texaswig

You go man. You killed it. 

BYS1981

Can you link that recipe?  Looks fantastic

BilZol

Wife wants me to do this for St. Patty's day. I'll have to look up the recipe then. Looks perfect. 

YukonRon

Corned beef and Pastrami. Auch du meine guten! Ich Leiben es.
I know I butchered that, but I tried. I have not spoken German in 40 years.
Beautiful cook, as always, and great presentation, pics are awesome.

johnmitchell

Brent awesome looking meal as always !!! Great to see that view of the lake again.. Like Michael said nice looking table.. Great post..

bgebrent

lousubcap said:

Friggin great cook as always-congrats. Testament to your skill set.  And that annual event is a beer drinker's heaven.  
Had I been offered the same challenge, I would have defaulted to German beer  but a liquid cook is quite simple.  

Thanks Cap!  German, although not pictured was very much involved.

bgebrent

DoubleEgger said:

Nice! New egg table? 

Yep.  Walked into Fergusons looking for the prime packer and there it was.  Mahogany and oak.  Had to have it.

bgebrent

NPHuskerFL said:

Brent this ALL looks spot on my friend!  

Thanks Blake, it really was great.

bgebrent

texaswig said:

You go man. You killed it. 

Thank you sir!

bgebrent

BYS1981 said:

Can you link that recipe?  Looks fantastic

http://ruhlman.com/2016/03/homemade-corned-beef/

followed this his exactly and it was outstanding.  Have fun brother!

bgebrent

YukonRon said:

Corned beef and Pastrami. Auch du meine guten! Ich Leiben es.
I know I butchered that, but I tried. I have not spoken German in 40 years.
Beautiful cook, as always, and great presentation, pics are awesome.

johnmitchell said:

Brent awesome looking meal as always !!! Great to see that view of the lake again.. Like Michael said nice looking table.. Great post..

Thanks brothers!  It's good to get back.

paqman

I used the same recipe a few weeks ago.  It was really good.   Yours looks awesome!

SciAggie

Outstanding brother Brent. I really want to make pastrami and corned beef. I Googled Ruhlman but that was a little too broad. Do you have a link to a specific recipe? I bought a crock to make sauerkraut this winter; it would be cool to make the Reuben's with meat I prepared as well. Thanks for posting. 

bgebrent

paqman said:

I used the same recipe a few weeks ago.  It was really good.   Yours looks awesome!

Thank you brother Paq!

bgebrent

SciAggie said:

Outstanding brother Brent. I really want to make pastrami and corned beef. I Googled Ruhlman but that was a little too broad. Do you have a link to a specific recipe? I bought a crock to make sauerkraut this winter; it would be cool to make the Reuben's with meat I prepared as well. Thanks for posting. 

Brother Sci, I will post it here later when I have more time.  It is quite simple for someone with your talent.  I'm tied up right now.

SciAggie

bgebrent said:

SciAggie said:

Outstanding brother Brent. I really want to make pastrami and corned beef. I Googled Ruhlman but that was a little too broad. Do you have a link to a specific recipe? I bought a crock to make sauerkraut this winter; it would be cool to make the Reuben's with meat I prepared as well. Thanks for posting. 

Brother Sci, I will post it here later when I have more time.  It is quite simple for someone with your talent.  I'm tied up right now.

 O problem. I ggoogled a little deeper and found recipe's by Ruhlman. I'm excited to try this. When you get time, tell me if you brined in a large ziplock bag or a container of some sort. I have no idea if it matters. 

bgebrent

SciAggie said:

bgebrent said:

SciAggie said:

Outstanding brother Brent. I really want to make pastrami and corned beef. I Googled Ruhlman but that was a little too broad. Do you have a link to a specific recipe? I bought a crock to make sauerkraut this winter; it would be cool to make the Reuben's with meat I prepared as well. Thanks for posting. 

Brother Sci, I will post it here later when I have more time.  It is quite simple for someone with your talent.  I'm tied up right now.

 O problem. I ggoogled a little deeper and found recipe's by Ruhlman. I'm excited to try this. When you get time, tell me if you brined in a large ziplock bag or a container of some sort. I have no idea if it matters. 

It does not matter.  I use big plastic tubs.  I pickled a whole packer that weighed in at 13# before trimming so it wouldn't fit in a 2.5 gallon bag.  The most important thing I learned is to trim it more aggressively than you would for a brisket cook.  You want the only a thin to none layer of fat on the surface.  I separated the point from the flat after pickling.  The flat was simmered 3 hours in pickling spice water along with some onion and celery.  I smoked the point on the egg for 3 hours at 300-325.  Next time I'll probably just make corned beef with a flat.  Let me know how it goes!

SciAggie

@bgebrent Thanks. I appreciate the comment about separating point from flat after pickling. I have a frozen brisket and I was wondering about that. I also appreciate the advice about trimming. Thanks again. 

blind99

Damn, looks great! That's a killer Reuben.

Looking forward to the pastrami - it's on the short list. Someone who makes sausage professionally gave me a pound of his pastrami spice mix so I need to do this. 

@sciaggie if you want a shortcut, you can pick up a jar of pickling spice mix at the grocery store instead of making your own. 

bgebrent

blind99 said:

Damn, looks great! That's a killer Reuben.

Looking forward to the pastrami - it's on the short list. Someone who makes sausage professionally gave me a pound of his pastrami spice mix so I need to do this. 

@sciaggie if you want a shortcut, you can pick up a jar of pickling spice mix at the grocery store instead of making your own. 

Thank you brother blind!  This home made pickling spice is very good!

DoubleEgger

bgebrent said:

DoubleEgger said:

Nice! New egg table? 

Yep.  Walked into Fergusons looking for the prime packer and there it was.  Mahogany and oak.  Had to have it.

Can't hide money...

bhedges1987

Man.... just great!

bgebrent

DoubleEgger said:

bgebrent said:

DoubleEgger said:

Nice! New egg table? 

Yep.  Walked into Fergusons looking for the prime packer and there it was.  Mahogany and oak.  Had to have it.

Can't hide money...

Says my soon to be neighbor.

bgebrent

bhedges1987 said:

Man.... just great!

Thank you brother!

blind99

bgebrent said:

blind99 said:

Damn, looks great! That's a killer Reuben.

Looking forward to the pastrami - it's on the short list. Someone who makes sausage professionally gave me a pound of his pastrami spice mix so I need to do this. 

@sciaggie if you want a shortcut, you can pick up a jar of pickling spice mix at the grocery store instead of making your own. 

Thank you brother blind!  This home made pickling spice is very good!

I bet it's better than the store-bought for sure. When I saw the recipe I thought who the heck has mace and allspice berries?  Now I know!  

bgebrent

blind99 said:

bgebrent said:

blind99 said:

Damn, looks great! That's a killer Reuben.

Looking forward to the pastrami - it's on the short list. Someone who makes sausage professionally gave me a pound of his pastrami spice mix so I need to do this. 

@sciaggie if you want a shortcut, you can pick up a jar of pickling spice mix at the grocery store instead of making your own. 

Thank you brother blind!  This home made pickling spice is very good!

I bet it's better than the store-bought for sure. When I saw the recipe I thought who the heck has mace and allspice berries?  Now I know!  

You betcha brother!

bgebrent

@Travisstrick, any pointers?