Ok, enough with all those travel and event posts. Time for an actual food-from-scratch post! Pastrami! This is one definitely one of our favorite dishes! In New York where I’m from (Mid-Hudson Valley) there’s nothing like a good pastrami sandwich from a proper deli. Head to Montreal and Quebec City and you’ll find it’s calledContinue reading “How to Make Homemade Pastrami (a.k.a Smoked Meat)”
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St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef (Part 1 – brining the beef)
Corned beef. A staple of St Patrick’s Day here in America, along with green beer and a green river, at least here in Chicago. This year instead of buying the supermarket corned beef I decided to make my own. Armed with a brine recipe from Ruhlman’s Charcuterie I picked up a 4 lb slab ofContinue reading “St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef (Part 1 – brining the beef)”
Simple Homemade Dill Pickles Using Basic Brine
As you may have been reading, lately I’ve become a bit obsessed with curing food. I’ve made bacon (and successfully done it a second time) and duck prosciutto which both turned out well. From reading through Ruhlman’s Charcuterie I’ve found it amazing what salt can do. Behold the power of salt! Ok, next up inContinue reading “Simple Homemade Dill Pickles Using Basic Brine”
The Roaming GastroGnome 