Corned Beef & Cabbage for the 21st Century

By now everyone is tired of my posting the secret recipe.  Refresher:

2017 and prior incredible corned beef and cabbage recipe

Forget that.  Even if you have to buy an instant pot it is worth it.  Thus the new instructions:

• 3pounds (1.5kg) corned beef, 1.5 inches in thickness

Wrong.  No reason to go with the more expensive flat cut.  The point cut will lose the fat and tenderize just the same.  no need to pay twice as much for the "better" cut.   Point cut.  Don't worry about thickness. 

• 4 cups (1L) cold water

Wrong.   You need beer.  this is a holiday.  you need beer.  The old rules still apply.  Cheeap is fine, probably better even BUT no rice beer.  The grains are part of the process. 

• 1 large (300g) onion, quartered

Ehhh, seems a bit much.  to taste.  I use a 1/4-1/3rd.

• 6 (25g) garlic cloves, crushed

Again.  We aren't French cuisine here.  A couple crushed cloves is fine for that hint but 4 is overpowering 

Pickling Spices Seasoning:

• 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
• 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice
• 3 whole cloves
• 3 bay leaves
• Optional: 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Sounds about right or if your corned beef came with a seasoning packet, you can use that instead.

Vegetables:

• 8 (500g) carrots, peeled, cut to 2.5 inches in length
• 6 (600g) small red potatoes, quartered
• 1/2 cabbage, cut into 3-4 wedges

Let's face it.  nobody really likes more than few bites of boiled cabbage.

ENJOY!