Irish Spiced Beef

• 1 round of beef (about 20 pounds)
• salt
• saltpetre
• ½

“Place meat in a large shallow recipient big enough to hold it. Rub with equal quantities of salt and saltpetre once daily for 4 days. Grind cloves, allspice and peppercorns, and combine with coarse brown sugar.

Rub beef with this mixture every second day for 3 weeks, turning it occasionally.

When ready to cook beef: bruise onion slices and place around meat with bay leaves, thy