Homemade Irish Corned Beef and Vegetables

Ingredients

• 6 cups water
• 4 bay leaves
• 1 12-ounce bottle Guinness stout or other stout or porter
• ¼ cup pickling spices
• Horseradish Cream
• Guinness Mustard
• 1 ½ tablespoons Insta Cure no. 1
• + 13 more ingredients
• • 1 dried chile de rbol
  • 1 cup golden brown sugar
  • 1 ½ cups coarse kosher salt
  • 2 cups lager beer
  • 1 6- to 8-pound flat-cut beef brisket, trimmed, with some fat remaining
  • 6 medium carrots
  • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
  • 2 whole allspice
  • 12 baby turnips
  • 8 unpeeled medium white-skinned or red-skinned potatoes
  • 4 medium onions
  • 2 medium parsnips
  • 1 2-pound head of cabbage

Pour 6 cups water and beer into large deep roasting pan. Add coarse salt; stir until dissolved. Add sugar; stir until dissolved. If desired, stir in Insta Cure No. 1. Mix in pickling spices. Pierce brisket all over with tip of small sharp knife. Submerge brisket in liquid, then top with heavy pla...

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