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Leite's Culinaria

Homemade Pastrami

For this homemade pastrami, beef brisket is brined in a pickling mix for 5 days. The now-corned beef is rubbed with black pepper, coriander, and smoked paprika, and baked in the oven. Variation for smoked pastrami included.
5
32,408
330
7 hr
TOTAL TIME
902
CALORIES
$7.54
PER SERVING
Homemade Pastrami
Ingredients
16 INGREDIENTS
4 SERVINGS
Beef Brisket
3 lbs beef brisket
Ground Coriander
1/4 cup ground coriander
Dark Brown Sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
Whole Yellow Mustard Seeds
1 tbsp whole yellow mustard seeds
Pink Curing Salt
1/4 cup pink curing salt
Garlic
4 cloves garlic
minced
Black Pepper
2 tbsp black pepper
Pickling Spice
2 tbsp pickling spice
Smoked Paprika
2 tbsp smoked paprika
Cold Water
12 cups cold water
for the brine
Kosher Salt
2 cups kosher salt
Granulated Sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
Honey
1/4 cup honey
Ice Cold Water
12 cups ice cold water
for the brine
Cold Water
4 cups cold water
for humidifying the oven
Whole Coriander Seeds
1 tbsp whole coriander seeds
Directions
24 STEPS
45 min
PREP TIME
6 hr 15 min
COOK TIME
7 hr
TOTAL TIME
View Directions on Leite's Culinaria
Health Info
Macros
94g
CARBS
26g
FAT
71g
PROTEIN
Allowed on these diets
GLUTEN FREE
LACTOSE FREE