Seems that I can't buy corned beef in my area unless it's St. Patty's day. So with that said, I am going to try and make it at home.

I have done a little googling and came up with a few recipes but I wondered if anyone else has a proven recipe that they have used before?
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Alton Brown's recipe is very good:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/a...ipe/index.html
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That sounds good Adam -- may have to give that one a try. Usually I use pickling spice and salt for the brine and add garlic and onoins when I cook it.
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I am looking at this recipe right now......

http://leitesculinaria.com/5912/reci...rned-beef.html

Homemade Corned Beef Recipe


Ingredients For the pickling spice
2 tablespoons black peppercorns
2 tablespoons mustard seeds
2 tablespoons coriander seeds
2 tablespoons hot red-pepper flakes
2 tablespoons allspice berries
1 tablespoon ground mace
2 small cinnamon sticks, crushed or broken into pieces
2 to 4 bay leaves, crumbled
2 tablespoons whole cloves
1 tablespoon ground ginger


For the brine
1 gallon water
2 cups Morton’s kosher salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 ounce (5 teaspoons) pink salt
3 garlic cloves, minced
4 tablespoons pickling spice (above recipe or store-bought)
One 5-poundwell-marbled (first-cut) beef brisket



I may or may not just use a pickling spice bought in the store.


Get more deliciousness at Homemade Corned Beef Recipe | Leite's Culinaria
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That sounds yummy :-) Let us know how its goes! I love corned beef!
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I have corned, Beef, Bear, Deer and Elk. I will see if I can find the recipe I use.
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Nothing wrong with pre-mixed pickling spice blends, although I don't normally use them because I want more control over the components and want what I'm working on to NOT taste like most of what's already out there.

My thing right now is getting the ratios nailed down for celery juice (extract) or celery seed powder in place of curing salts. Close, but not quite there yet.
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Now I feel like hitting up Carnegie's in Vegas. You down again Michael? :-)
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Fixed that for you brother.

If you're going to go, go to the real one.

:-)


BTW, we have to figure out how to both be in LA at the same time sometime. I'll take you to Nate n' Al's.
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Vegas = short drive / NYC = long flight :-)

Sounds good bro! We can ban people over delicious food :-)
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Deal.:-)
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I used to sell homemade corned beef through the mail. Granted, it was 400 dollars a pound, but it was pretty half-assed.
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Just let me know the day and time! :-) (but give me another 6 weeks so I can get out of this boot and walk normal again -- at least I hope I will be able to walk normal again)
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$400??? $400??? WTF you charged me $650!!!!
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