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While visiting out in CA, wuff introduced this delightful repast to Boojum and Barbara. We've actually made it two times, for a total of 3 corned beefs (1 package in the first, and two in the second). In doing so, we modified the process slightly, which resulted in some truely scrumptious veggies to accompany the already excellent meat.
Here's what we've been doing...
Firstly, we reduced the veg in the initial boil to just a couple carrots and some onions. The idea is to use those to give up their flavor to the meat, and when that is done, remove them and toss them out (or feed them to the doggie making puppy eyes at you in the kitchen).
Remove the meat to a foil-covered cooke sheet, which you'll use later to do the glaze. Finish off the meat as per the original recipe.
Meanwhile, in the cooker, using the liquid from the corned beef, it's time to create some really fantastic veggies!
Here's the 3 essentials. In roughly equal proportion:
Red potatoes. (Whole, if small, or halved/quartered, if larger)
Yellow onions (Cut is 1/8ths wedges)
Carrots (Sliced into approx 1 inch hunks)
Start at about 2 pounds each, but you can ramp it up to what your cooker will hold.
You can also add:
Turnips (1/2 inch dice)
Pearl or "boiler" onions
Sweet Potatoes
Yellow Potatoes
No need to add any salt, pepper, or other spices. Just bring the cooker back to pressure, and cook at working pressure (15psi) for 10-12 minutes. The time really doesn't change with the amount of veggies. But it will take longer to come to pressure with more veggies.
The veggies that resulted were nicely tender, and fantastically flavored. We could easily make a full meal from the veggies alone.
All together, the meat and veggies make a really satisfying "comfort" meal. And this still rates as the best Corned Beef (with veg) meal I've tasted. And, with a pressure cooker, it all gets done in very reasonable time.
Give this a shot. You won't be disappointed.
Last edited on Sun Feb 12th, 2012 01:05 am by Vargr
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