Irish Spiced Beef

  6 1/2 lb Beef
      3 x  Bay leaves
     10 x  Cloves
      5 x  Blades mace
      1 x  Crushed clove garlic
    1/4 c  Brown sugar
      1 lb Salt (about 2 cups)
  1 1/2 tb Saltpeter
      1 ea Bunch fresh herbs
      3 ea Sliced carrots
      3 ea Sliced onions

NOTE: prepare 7 days in advance of eating! -- Wipe meat over with a damp cloth. Mix seasoning ingredients together except for carrots, onions and fresh herbs. Rub seasoning well into meat; then lay mean on bed of seasoning. Leave in a cool place (preferably not refrigerated, though). Repeat rubbing each day. On the seventh day, put the meat into a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to boiling point and simmer gently for 5 hours, when it should be tender. Put cooked meat on a flat dish and cover with a board. Set weight on top of board until meat is cold, when it is ready to carve and eat.


Yield: 8 Servings