Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> I've been researching methods and recipes of making my own pastrami out of
> a flat cut of brisket. Seems there are a couple of different methods.
> There is the steam like method and then there is the 1 to 3 weeks
> marinating in a brine, then smoking long and low. I got the steam methods
> from several Jewish cooking sites and the smoking method from a couple of
> BBQ sites. If anyone has made their own pastrami, how did you do it and
> were you happy with the results?
>
> Michael
>
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Most of the recipe's I have seen for pastrami involve curing in brine,
smoking, followed by steaming (which may be unnecessary with a water
smoker???).

I have faked it. I covered a store bought corned beef with pastrami
spices
(mostly black pepper and coriander if I recall) and smoked it on a
water
smoker. It was OK. It would have benefited a lot from steaming both to
get rid of some of the salt and to tenderize the meat.

I would definitely do it again, but I would try steaming following
smoking.
The results were definitely worth the price of the corned beef and
the few hours it took to smoke it.

wrote:

>
> Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> > I've been researching methods and recipes of making my own pastrami
> > out of a flat cut of brisket.

> Most of the recipe's I have seen for pastrami involve curing in brine,
> smoking, followed by steaming (which may be unnecessary with a water
> smoker???).
>
> I have faked it. I covered a store bought corned beef with pastrami
> spices
> (mostly black pepper and coriander if I recall) and smoked it on a
> water
> smoker. It was OK. It would have benefited a lot from steaming both to
> get rid of some of the salt and to tenderize the meat.

When I'm going to do store-bought corned beef in the smoker (I still
refuse to call it pastrami), I soak it for a substantial period in a
large bucket of water first to draw out the salt. I doubt steaming
would do much for you there, but then again I've never tried it either.




Brian

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