Smoked Pastrami (From Scratch Version)
Smoked Pastrami (From Scratch Version)

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, smoked pastrami (from scratch version). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Chef Tom smokes up one of our most requested recipes, pastrami! He cures it for six days and then smokes it on the Yoder Smokers Loaded Wichita. Smoked pastrami recipe on the Big Green Egg using a corned beef brisket.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have smoked pastrami (from scratch version) using 28 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Smoked Pastrami (From Scratch Version):
  1. Take 6-10 Lb Beef Brisket(The Flat End)
  2. Prepare For The Pickling Spice Mix:
  3. Prepare 2 tbsp coriander seed
  4. Take 2 tbsp black peppercorn
  5. Make ready 2 tbsp mustard seed
  6. Make ready 1 tbsp red chili flakes
  7. Make ready 2 tbsp all-spice berries
  8. Take 1 tbsp whole cloves
  9. Get 1 tbsp ground ginger
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp ground mace
  11. Prepare 1 stick cinnamon
  12. Prepare 2 bay leaves
  13. Take For The Brine:
  14. Get 1 gallon water
  15. Prepare 1 gallon ice
  16. Prepare 1 1/2 cups kosher salt
  17. Take 1 cup sugar
  18. Make ready 4 tsp pink curing salt
  19. Make ready 10 cloves garlic
  20. Make ready The Rub:
  21. Make ready 1/2 cup ground coriander
  22. Get 1/3 cup garlic powder
  23. Get 1/2 cup coarse black pepper
  24. Prepare 2 tbsp paprika
  25. Take 2 tbsp thyme
  26. Prepare 1 tbsp onion powder
  27. Get The Binder:
  28. Make ready as needed mustard

This recipe is a short cut and does not involve smoking but still gives a tender, juicy and flavorful Pastrami. Pastrami is traditionally brisket that is cured, rubbed, smoked, brined, and roasted. While some chefs cure and brine for several weeks before the smoking and roasting process even begin, this recipe is a quicker version, with similar results. I usually use a corned beef brisket to make pastrami next time i will try the cure the way you did it.

Steps to make Smoked Pastrami (From Scratch Version):
  1. Trim fat from Brisket leaving about a 1/4 inch thickness of fat layer.
  2. Place Coriander, Black Peppercorn and Mustard Seed in a pan and roast for 2 minutes over stovetop.
  3. Remove from pan, roughly crush in a motar and pedastil.
  4. Place in a bowl and add the remaining pickling spices. Break up the cinnamon stick and bay leaves add to it, mix spices well.
  5. Now to make the brine. In a large pot add the water, both salt, garlic, all the pickling spices and Sugar. Mix well. Bring to boil and remove from heat. Set aside.
  6. In a large plastic container, place the ice. Slowly pour the hot Brine mix over the ice.
  7. Once Brine is cool, place Brisket in tub. Making sure Brine is cool. Cover with plastic wrap. Place lid on tub. Place tub in refrigerator. Let cure in refrigerator for 7 days.
  8. After 7 days remove Brisket from tub, discard Brine. Throughly wash Brisket in water to remove the salty Brine. Pat dry with a towel.
  9. Now for the Rub. Combine all Rub ingredients. Mix well.
  10. Coat Brisket with mustard by hand as a binder.
  11. Pat on by hand as much of the Rub mixture as you see fit to use.
  12. Plastic wrap completely, place in the refrigerator overnight.
  13. The next day, Pre heat smoker to 250 degrees.
  14. Place the brisket in smoker, for 2 hours.
  15. After 2 hours, remove Brisket, wrap it up with heavy duty foil completely. Place back in smoker. Add the meat probe.
  16. Continue smokeing until internal Temp is 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
  17. Remove Brisket, leave it in foil to rest for 30 minutes, this let's it absorb the juices.
  18. Slice as you please, I try to slice as thin as humanly possible.
  19. Place slices between roll, add mustard and pickles.
  20. For left overs, 2 or more days out reheat slices in the microwave for 30-45 seconds.
  21. Enjoy!

I've been wanting to make one of those for a long time, but Miss Linda isn't a fan–so I keep smoking things she likes. There's smoked pastrami from corned beef and home-brined pastrami. If you're not concerned about completely commandeering the process start to finish, you can skip the entire week-long brine session and start with store-bought corned beef. Once you've tasted this moist, smoky home made pastrami you'll never want to buy it from the store again. Making your own pastrami isn't difficult but there are a lot of steps involved.

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