Pastrami in pics

[deb415611]

Beautiful LS!

[mybad]

Beautiful LS!

EXACTLY!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

[West Coast Kansan]

Lil S very nice post looks great.  8)

[EnglishGuy]

OP

I'm in Guildford. I can't decide whether to make my own following your recipe, or just break into your house while you're at work!  ;D

I get my brisket from a butcher who owns his own three farms, and the quality is excellent. If I phone him on a Tuesday, I can get him to cut off just the right bit of cow that I need. Like this:-

[FLBentRider]

<Holy> Cow! Nice brisket!

[manxman]

That looks superb LS, did the brisket come "rolled" which seems to be the typical way the butchers prepare it over here or did you have to ask for that cut specifically........ or was it just off the shelf?

The brisket I got recently for pastrami was way thinner than that although it was my first attempt at pastrami and something of an experiment so I wasn't too bothered. Having seen the piece you got I will be having a word with my butcher next time!  ;) :D

[LilSmoker]

Hi Manx, yes the brisket did indeed come rolled, i actually bought it from Costco, there was actually another piece in the cabinet that was around 30% bigger than the one i chose  :o would love to have seen the beast that it came from!  ;D

I do buy most of my meat from a local butcher, and i've had some nice briskets from him, and some huge pork shoulders for when i'm doing pulled pork, but i must say that i've always highly rated the costco meat. They do some lovely babyback ribs, and fantastic beef fillets etc, and it's always top quality.
As you say though, more often than not, the briskets come rolled  ;)

[LilSmoker]

EnglishGuy: Nice lump of meat there, it looks aged? which is how beef should be imo.

Would make some nice pastrami that's for sure   ;)