HOMEMADE PICKLED BEEF
2 kg Beef Brisket
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon saltpetre use only half of the saltpetre for rubbing
4 tabelspoons salt course salt
1 tablespoon black pepper corns
1 tablespoon allspice
6 bay leaves
3 garlic cloves split
Ask your butcher to debone the brisket. Mix half of the saltpetre with the salt and sugar and rub this mixture well into the meat. Add the peppercorns, allspice, garlic, bay leaves.. Put the meat into a glass container weigh down store in the fridge for a period of ten to fourteen days. Turning the meat every second day. Rinse off the beef put into a saucepan with cold water add onion carrot 1 tablespoon of pickling spice the remaining saltpetre , Bring to boil reduce heat and simmer for at least two hours until tender..
PAT SOUTHWOOD-THERON