Corned Beef

Lanne · #1 05-12-2011, 04:46 PM

Please help!!!?

My dh and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary and i want to make him a nice meal. I have all kinds of tricks up my sleeve but he has mentioned (more than once) that a corned beef would be nice.

My first thought is to dry reach. I can't imagine how many i suffered as a child and hated it. BUT.. a) he wants it b) i am sure it doesn't have to be as bad as I remember it and 3) we could then take some with a ploughman's lunch on a picnic the next day.

So I am going to brave it. Worst case.. we pack up and go out for dinner.. right?

My mother made it often but I am sure there are some fab family fave recipes around. if I know where to ask..

Anyone got one they could share?

ps, if you think my memory serves me well and it is a terrible meal.. please be honest and say so!!

Julie-Ann · #2 05-12-2011, 04:51 PM

I am going to be no help at all and tell you I detest corn beef

. And thank goodness my DH has never requested it. So I have no idea how to cook it.
I vote that as it is your anniversary too you go out to a nice restaurant. Preferably one that has corn beef on the menu so DH gets that out of his system

thisisme · #3 05-12-2011, 05:01 PM

I don't think I've ever had it ... But looking at images of it im glad I haven't :s
Doesn't look very appetising, does it?

dmplus3 · #4 05-12-2011, 05:08 PM

Yuck, yuck, yuck!

Husband loves it here, too, but I don't think we've ever had it together.

The only thing I would suggest, if you can get a recipe, is lashings and lashings of white sauce. And lots of vegies if you could only stomach a mini piece of the meat.

I love that you are thinking of him, though. I would go through that pain for my husband, and that's what it's all about, I guess!

Lanne · #5 05-12-2011, 06:27 PM

giggles so its not just me then?

i remember mum doing huge amounts of vinegar, water.. boil for HOURS...
and cabbage.. huge stinking chunks of cabbage boiled long after it begged to be released from its watery grave. I think the cabbage and the meat cooked together for the same amount of time..??

the recipes i found online looked slightly more appealing.. but not much.
I was going to make the effort because we had a ploughman's lunch on our honeymoon... (i stuck to the bread and cheese) and i thought it might be a good thing to try again given he asked about it.

maybe i can think of something else.. anything. else. ha

Julie-Ann · #6 05-12-2011, 06:35 PM

What about a lovely roast beef or lamb? Perfect as leftovers

Cherylle · #7 05-12-2011, 07:02 PM

Ha ha - there are not many foods I dislike, so as the youngest of 8 children I needed a bit of attention and so I told my mother I hated corned beef - everyone else had some food they hated! To this day she doesn't know I eat it!

I digress.

I buy corned beef from woollies which has cooking instructions - adding brown sugar and vinegar to the water as per there instructions.

For a delicious sauce mix 2 tblsp sugar 3 tblsp vinegar 1 tblsp butter 1 tsp dijon mustard 5 tblsp water from which the meat has been cooking in and 1 egg. Mix all together, microwave on low heat until sauce thickens, stirring often.

Yummy.

Di · #8 05-12-2011, 07:09 PM

It's a regular meal in our house during winter - it is Mr12's absolute favourite.

Like any meal the difference can be in the way it is cooked and presented/what it is served with. It is great served with carrots & peas and I also occasionally so broccoli &cauliflower au gratin with it.

I cook mine with an old Women's Weekly recipe - this one is almost identical:

http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/food/cookb...-parsley-sauce

It can also be done in a pressure cooker.

Here is a tip: If silverside is to be served cold, allow it to cool to room temperature in the pot of water.

Eli · #9 06-12-2011, 02:02 AM

We have it regularly too, although DS isn't overly keen. My secret, I buy the one that you cook in the bag so you don't get all the smells that are usually associated with it

White sauce or a mustard sauce is nice too.

giggle_smile · #10 06-12-2011, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Di

It's a regular meal in our house during winter - it is Mr12's absolute favourite.

Like any meal the difference can be in the way it is cooked and presented/what it is served with. It is great served with carrots & peas and I also occasionally so broccoli &cauliflower au gratin with it.

I cook mine with an old Women's Weekly recipe - this one is almost identical:

http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/food/cookb...-parsley-sauce

It can also be done in a pressure cooker.

Here is a tip: If silverside is to be served cold, allow it to cool to room temperature in the pot of water.

My hubby loves it and so do my boys! I use this recipe aswell, I do mine in the slow cooker. You can also buy the silverside in the locked bags from the butcher and just throw it straight in to boil, my mum uses these and it tastes just as good.

I love it cold on bread with tomatoe sauce lol