Pastrami - meat

3 Tablespoons crushed garlic
3 Tablespoons Whole coriander seeds
3 Tablespoons Whole black peppercorns
1 Tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons saltpeter to keep the meat pink (optional)
1 Flat cut fresh brisket of beef (3 lbs) trimmed but with a little fat on
top
1/2 cup mild tasting vegetable oil
3 Tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 Cup distilled white vinegar
1-1/2 teaspoons ground allspice
1 Cup firmly packed brown sugar for smoking

Using a mortar and pestle, coarsely crush the garlic, coriander,
peppercorns, salt and optional saltpeter. Rub the mixture into the
brisket, then place the meat in a ceramic container just large enough to
accommodate it. Cover with a tight-fitting lid or with foil. Refrigerate
for 24 hours.

In a small bowl, mix together the oil, 3 Tablespoons of brown sugar, the
vinegar and allspice. Pour the mixture over the meat. Marinate in the
refrigerator for another 24 hours, turning once. Place the meat on a
steamer tray set into a steamer with just enough water to steam the meat
for 2-1/2 hours. Pour the marinade over the meat. Some or most of the
marinade will drip down into the water below.

Bring the water to a boil, then reduce the heat so that the water boils
constantly to create steam but doesn't boil up and over. Cover the pot
tightly with a lid or with foil. Steam for 2-1/2 hours or until the meat
is tender but not falling apart. Turn off heat. Remove the steamer tray
with the meat. Clean the steamer pot. Line the bottom and about an inch
up the sides with foil.

Place 1 cup brown sugar on the foil. Return the steamer tray with the
meat to the steamer, cover, and adjust the heat to medium.

When you start to smell the brown sugar smoking, reduce the heat so that
the sugar continues to smoke without burning. Smoke the meat for 15
minutes, then turn off the heat and leave the steamer on the burner
until cool.

Slice the meat thin, and pile high on rye bread!

Source: "Traditional Jewish Cooking" by B. Goldberg

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