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6-8
Easy
Published 1978
A good piece of spiced beef is particularly appropriate at Christmas time. It has a subtle, mellow flavour and can be earned in paper-thin slices. Either buy prepared salt meat or salt your own, using a method to be found in any standard recipe book.
First soak the joint in cold water for 2-4 hours, changing the water once or twice. Sprinkle the joint generously with black pepper. Rub the brown sugar quite thickly all over the joint. Crush the allspice and juniper berries in a mortar, liquidiser or coffee grinder and press all over the joint and into any cracks. I usually make one or two incisions to get some spices right to the centre of t
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