When I was a kid, this was one food I absolutely hated. I remember once we went on a trip to Cooma and we were billeted out for our accommodation. My girlfriend and I (we were about 17 at that stage) were sent to a shabby old house with cobwebs hanging throughout the kitchen and it was just really grotty.
We were dished up corned beef with white sauce – and from that point on I was scarred for a very long time.
Fast forward 30 years and I find a recipe by chance for corned beef – I had been looking for something unusual and definitely something that was on the cheap side for sandwiches for lunch
Ingredients:
- 1 piece of corned beef (sized to suit your needs)
- 1 sliced onion
4 star anise4 star anise- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 teaspoons of allspice
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons peppercorns
- 8 cloves
- 2
bayleaves - 2 red hot chillies
Method:
Wash the meat!
Place all ingredients in the bottom of the pressure cooker. If you have a trivet that fits into the pressure cooker, place the meat on this. Add extra water to bring liquids up to rack
If using a slow cooker, same as above, no trivet -6-8 hours on low, turning meat regularly so it doesn’t dry out.
Once cooked, into the fridge – slice up and sandwich with pickles and cheese – yum.
Or serve as a main with mashed potatoes, strain juices and thicken to make a sauce.
