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Old-Fashioned Spiced Beef

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6-8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cooking for Christmas

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1978

  • About

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.

Ingredients

  • 3-4 lb (1.25-1.5 kg) joint of boned, salt silverside or brisket
  • black pepper

Method

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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