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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> South American >> Argentine

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Bring first 9 ingredients listed up to the peppercorns to a boil and boil hard for 5 minutes. Leave the brine to cool. | 2. Clean a stoneware crock or plastic bucket and its lid with a solution of 1 tablespoon baking soda to 1 gallon boiling water. Rinse well and leave to drain dry. To test the saltiness of the brine put egg, in shell in the cooled brine. If it doesn't float, add enough salt until it does. | 3. To draw off any excess blood and to help the brine penetrate, pierce the beef all over with a trussing needle or skewer and place meat in cold water for about 45 minutes. | 4. Remove the meat from water and place in crock or bucket. Pour the cooled brine over the brisket. Add garlic to the brine. Place a plate on top of the brisket to submerge. Place a lid or plastic wrap over container. | 5. Store in a refrigerator or dry place, at a temperature below 60 degrees. Salting time depends on the thickness of the meat. Allow 3 to 10 days for salting time for brisket. | 6. When removing meat from brine, always use clean tongs: this way the brine will stay good longer and be reused with the same kind of meat. It is possible to strain off the brine and reboil it, adding a refresher of about half the above quantities. | 7. Naturally the crock or bucket will need a complete cleaning. This should be done before mold appears. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
water	4	quarts		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
kosher salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
dark brown sugar	1			-	-	-	-
bay leaf	2			-	-	-	-
mustard seed	1	teaspoon		10.16	0.5618	0.5216	0.7248
thyme	1	sprig		-	-	-	-
juniper berry	10			-	-	-	-
peppercorn	10		crushed	251.92	1.5633	0.536	27.4253
baking soda	1	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	4	gallons	boiling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
salt				-	-	-	-
cold water				-	-	-	-
beef brisket	1			703.08	0.0	93.9859	33.4303
garlic clove	5			-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.