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Smoking Techniques => Curing => Topic started by: Smoke some on February 27, 2012, 02:38:12 PM

Title: Beef Pastrami
Post by: Smoke some on February 27, 2012, 02:38:12 PM
Beef Pastrami

Started with a 10 LBS brisket from the local butcher

(http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/4862/dsc01933y.jpg) (http://img859.imageshack.us/i/dsc01933y.jpg/)

Cut it up in to 3 large pieces and one small
I used habs pastrami recipe
I would like to say a big thank you to habs for the recipe

Weighed all the pieces and applied the prober amount of dry cure to each piece
Sorry forgot to take pictures of this step... in the fridge for five days and turned every day

Here they are with the dry rub going on

(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/7683/dsc01991ow.jpg) (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/dsc01991ow.jpg/)

Dry rub applied to all

(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/6304/dsc01994tw.jpg) (http://img834.imageshack.us/i/dsc01994tw.jpg/)

I Left the pieces sit with dry rub on for 8 hours then into the preheated smoker at 245*
A few hours later here's how they looked  IT of 163*

(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1281/dsc01997bk.jpg) (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/dsc01997bk.jpg/)

(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/4626/dsc01999ja.jpg) (http://img821.imageshack.us/i/dsc01999ja.jpg/)

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Ok left pastrami rest in the fridge wrapped in saran wrap and tin foil for day and a half
Time for the slicing this is the small piece

(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9161/dsc02004f.jpg) (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/dsc02004f.jpg/)

Bigger piece

(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8318/dsc02017e.jpg) (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/dsc02017e.jpg/)

Shaved off really nice.... quite happy with the texture of the pastrami

(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7973/dsc02018h.jpg) (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/dsc02018h.jpg/)

Time to make a Sammie

(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4978/dsc02019pz.jpg) (http://img850.imageshack.us/i/dsc02019pz.jpg/)

pumpernickel rye bread my favorite


(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5519/dsc02023h.jpg) (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/dsc02023h.jpg/)



All vac-packed and most of it will be in the fridge not the freezer....it wont last long..

(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1929/dsc02025q.jpg) (http://img708.imageshack.us/i/dsc02025q.jpg/)


All I can say is.... Thanks Habs for the pastrami recipe.... It is excellent... and I will be making a lot more :)














Title: Re: Beef Pastrami
Post by: SouthernSmoked on February 27, 2012, 05:01:59 PM
Oh, heck yeah! Looks pretty darn tasty!
Title: Re: Beef Pastrami
Post by: Keymaster on February 27, 2012, 05:13:39 PM
Looks excellent, Nice Job!!
Title: Beef Pastrami
Post by: mikecorn.1 on February 27, 2012, 05:27:40 PM
Nice work looks delish


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Title: Re: Beef Pastrami
Post by: ghost9mm on February 27, 2012, 05:44:20 PM
Dang !!! that pastrami and pumpernickel rye bread is one of my favorite sammies, man a couple of them and a couple of coors lights I got a meal for sure...
Title: Re: Beef Pastrami
Post by: Habanero Smoker on February 28, 2012, 01:48:46 AM
Great outcome. That brisket has real nice marbling throughout the flat.

Slices from the point look good also. One of these days I'm going to make pastrami from the point,.
Title: Re: Beef Pastrami
Post by: SiFumar on February 28, 2012, 04:26:25 PM
Looks like you had a real nice brisket to start with....the pastrami looks wonderful!
Title: Re: Beef Pastrami
Post by: seemore on February 28, 2012, 04:57:58 PM
that looks very good now I need to make some
seemore
Title: Re: Beef Pastrami
Post by: iceman on March 01, 2012, 04:12:45 PM
STEP AWAY FROM THE SAMMIE AND NO ONE GETS HURT!!!
Man that looks great  :) I bet the aroma was making you hungry while it was smoking too!
Great job and yes, Habs recipe rocks!