Corned Beef Brisket

Corned beef brisket is a salt-cured beef brisket sold as flat or point cuts, often vacuum-packed with a spice packet. When cooked it becomes tender and sliceable with a rosy interior and briny, peppery flavor, suited to simmering with cabbage and potatoes or shredding into hash; it is sold raw ready-to-cook or pre-cooked for quick slicing for sandwiches.\n\nSalt-curing beef in brine and coarse corns of salt developed in Europe, and the brisket-based preparation became associated with Irish and Jewish cuisines before spreading widely in North America. Commercial producers brine whole briskets with salt and spices before packaging.