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Information about Salt Beef Brisket.

Our delicious Salt Beef Brisket is created from our Beef Packer Briskets through careful trimming & placing in Brine for a week. Each Full Beef Brisket is cut into sections after brining, then vacuum sealed into recyclable clear pouches ready to be cooked at home. Simply boil in the bag for 2-2.5 / 2.5-3 hours for perfect for Salt Beef Bagels or just delicious salt beef slices to serve as a main course with sides.

History of Salted Beef Brisket.

Salt Beef or Corned Beef has been around for centuries, it was originally created as a way of preserving beef over longer periods of time. The salt would cure the meat as there was no refrigeration back in the 17oo’s, & enabled it to be stored without spoiling. When the ban of cattle & other goods to the UK was imposed in 1689 it had a dramatic impact on the Irish economy, there was a glut of beef & this needed to be sold;

The Irish making salted beef was one way of supplying the Americas & the rest of the world to help clear the glut of beef since the UK banned import of beef.

Large salt grains were originally used & it was indeed very salty, over time this was refined & the taste changed that was much less salty. It was very popular with the navy as it could be easily stored in barrels & was a great source of protein, vitamins & minerals for the sailors, when nourishment was hard to get when away at sea for weeks on end.

Sherwood Foods has been supplying tons of Beef Briskets into Barbecue restaurants & those that make Salt Beef Briskets for many years. One of our particular customers has been supplied by the founder for nearly 25 years & has regular weekly deliveries for their restaurants to serve in house or more recently has seen the rise in take away meals.

Regular tastings (for quality checks 😉) their meat on many occasions we decided they could make our Salt Beef Brisket from our Grass-Fed Beef.

Having started back in the late 1960’s making their salt beef for the Jewish community it grew in popularity as back then Beef Brisket was a relatively cheap cut to buy, but gave excellent results. As time progressed they set up in Selfridges Store in London & many of the well to do enjoyed the humble salt beef sandwich, & were buying a piece to take home to cook.

As the next generations came up, they then expanded the family business & started to open a few more restaurants & became more well known in certain areas of London.

Today they have 8 restaurants around London & even during the pandemic of COVID-19 are thriving because of their reputation for great Salt Beef Brisket. This is why it made sense as we supply the Irish Grass-Fed Briskets to make our Salt Beef for wholesale & online.

What is Salt Beef Brisket?

As the name suggests; Salt Beef Brisket is a Beef Brisket that has been Salted or Cured with Salt to make the beef more tender flavourful.

The Beef Brisket used to make Salt Beef comes from the breast area of the rib cage, we cut our Briskets from the first 5 ribs as a boneless piece. The meat has good fat marbling towards the point end & a nice thick flat area underneath. We only use our Irish Grass Fed Beef to create our Salt Beef because they are leaner giving a good yield, & the flavour is so so good.

The Irish Grass-Fed beef we use for our Beef Briskets has a great flavour & texture with a good fat cover to make them very popular with our online customers for home cooks, especially BBQ! The Beef Brisket comes from the breast area of the carcass & is naturally soft due to it not being a hard working muscle & it has plenty of intramuscular fat for that extra flavour.

How do we make Salt Beef Brisket?

First; the cutting preparation of the Beef Brisket.

The Brisket has to be prepared before any curing can be done. The “Brisket Ear” muscle has to be removed via the seam to separate the Brisket Flat underneath because the flat is the piece we need to make Salt Beef Brisket. The excess fat has to be removed from the Brisket Flat to make it ready for the next stage of the process. Trimming off the fat reduces the waste that you have on the finished piece, thus giving you better value for money.

Second; how do you make a regular Beef Brisket into Salt Beef Brisket?

Once you have the correct piece ready for the final 2 stages you need to select the right blend of salts, phosphates & few nitrates, we are lucky as the recipe used has been handed down through 3 generations in the same family. The Beef Brisket has to have the salt water or Brine mix injected into it for 2 reasons; 1st; to ensure that the salt penetrates the meat to cure it properly for the best flavour, 2nd; the injection needles carefully tenderise the meat a little whilst not tearing or damaging the meat to destroy the texture.

The Pumping machine raises & lowers the needles as you feed the flat pieces through injecting the brine evenly into the beef. When the Brisket comes out of the other side, it resembles a flat pin cushion that has lots of little holes across the surface. This stage makes the beef nice & floppy which mean the beef will be very tender. All this is done at very low temperatures of 1-2°c keeping the meat very fresh & allowing the curing process to start.

Third; the final stage is to place all the Beef Brisket flats into the brine barrels.

These Brining barrels used to be made from old casks that held ale or rum, these were well seasoned & were perfect for holding large volumes of beef without fear of leaking all over the inside of the chiller. The same Brine mix of salt water is added to the barrels as was pumped into the briskets earlier. The Beef Briskets are added into the barrels leaving plenty of room to stir the Brined Beef during their final week in the barrels.

Once the barrels are full, they are left in the chiller for 1 week at just above freezing temperature, only being stirred once per day to ensure they get an even mix in the Brine. The small amount of nitrates in the mix gives the Salt Beef Brisket the traditional bright Red colour that you associate with raw salt beef. Once they have “pickled” for a week so they have a more even cure through the piece, they are then removed from the barrels to drain most of the excess water off.

How do we pack our Salt Beef Brisket?

The whole Salt Beef Brisket flats are cut into 3 sizes; Small:- 1.2–1.8 kg, Medium:- 1.8–2.4 kg, Large:- 2.5–3.5 kg. We offer 3 sizes of Salt Beef to help reduce food waste (people only order what they need to cook), saving people money when ordering online.

The piece of Salt Beef Brisket is placed into a Clear Recyclable Pouch, then vacuum sealed to keep all that lovely salty flavour in the meat. The process of vacuuming helps to suck the meats natural juices & the brine back into the meat allowing it to retain flavour & texture without drying out. The Salt Briskets are frozen to -18°c keeping them fresh frozen for up to 2 years.

All refrigerated air is filtered in production rooms, the butchers & packing staff wear fully protective clothing, these precautions reduce natural bacteria. Operated with the highest hygiene & temperature controls to ensure you enjoy safe, delicious Salt Beef.

The clear recyclable packs are made using thinner, stronger materials to help reduce our Carbon Footprint for a Greener Future. We encourage all our customers to recycle responsibly & place any packing into the recycle bins.

Please see this link on How to recycle plastic. We all need to do our best for a Greener future #swf_recycle♻ 

The packaging protects the Salt Beef from freezer burn, any cross contamination from other foodstuffs when kept chilled. The bags hold in the natural meat juices giving the Briskets more flavour & moisture when cooking. The bags stop the meat from drying out when bringing up to room temperature before cooking.

Is Salt Beef Brisket good value for money?

The salt beef is good value for money because there is no waste from this so you don’t have to trim & then throw away fatty bits that you have paid for. You can slice off exactly what you need, then leave the rest of the piece in the fridge wrapped up for another day. Having less waste & only the meat you want gives you more meat for your money #moremeatfym see how Sherwood Foods gives you better value.

We are able to deliver the Salt Beef Brisket at a great price because we cut these as a wholesale product. Making the Salt Beef in large volumes in highly efficient production rooms helps us reduce our costs per rack. We use less energy, reduced labour costs, price for packaging is cheaper through bulk purchasing & savings made on transport costs with shipping on pallets.

These savings make a much cheaper price per portion for the Salt Beef when buying online. Buying Salt Beef in a supermarket or butchers is expensive because the Salted Beef they supply has more water in the meat. You are paying for more water & less meat.

Why does Sherwood offer better value on Salt beef?

The reason our Salt Beef is better value than Butchers or Supermarkets is very simple; we have more meat & less water in the packs. The reason our meat has less water is because of the week sitting in the brine barrels. Once the Briskets have been pumped / injected with the brine solution, it needs time to let the beef release the excess injected brine; letting the Beef find a natural level of moisture. Our Salt Beef Briskets are approx 15% brine as opposed to <30% elsewhere!

This is no ordinary Salt Beef Brisket, this has had many years of experience in producing finest salt beef & the quality beef behind it.

Check out Trip Advisor online for the reviews of the Soho Branch: Salt Beef Brisket Reviews on Trip Advisor for our Salt Beef in Soho London

Provenance of our Beef.

We source all our Irish Grass Fed Beef from farms local to production in Ireland. The slaughterhouses / production plants are constantly supplied with a sustainable supply of top quality cattle. Local farmers have long term relationships with production to ensure continuity of supply all year round.

Our Irish Grass-Fed beef enjoys some of the best green pastures that Ireland has to offer, with the higher than average rainfall there is never a shortage of lush grass for them to enjoy. The welfare of all the cattle is very important not only to the livestock but to the results it brings to the table.

The select choice of breeds we use for our cuts; Charolais, Limousin, Angus, & Hereford, having good confirmation & delivering good yields. Most beef farmers & producers raise their cattle under “Bord Bia” guidelines. All our beef is fully traceable from farm to fork, with all cattle having digital passports, showing farmers details, breed, welfare etc.

See about the Bord Bia Guide To Meat & or the information about the Irish Food Board standards of our beef.

The flavour & texture of our Irish Beef is recognised across the globe & found in many high end restaurants internationally.

The process from farm to finished product is always very humane & efficient.

Is Salt Beef Brisket nutritious?

The Beef Brisket is a great source of Protein, Vitamins & Minerals, the Salted Beef Brisket has a high salt content. The Salt Beef is nutritious but, must be eaten in moderation due to the high salt content. Salt is important in a diet for helping to maintain a balance of water & minerals in the body, conducting nerve impulses in muscles.

Salt Beef Brisket is pretty lean, this helps to reduce your saturated fat intake. Using Grass Fed Beef to make our Salt Briskets is healthier than Grain Fed because it is naturally leaner.

How do you cook Salt Beef Brisket?

Cooking Salt Beef is very easy; you just boil it in the bag for 30 minutes per lb (454g).

See below information on how to prepare & cook Salt Beef Brisket;

• Remove the Salt Beef from the fridge & leave in the packaging on the side for an hour.
• Fill a pan of water large enough to immerse the whole Salt Brisket into.
• Place the beef in the bag slowly into the pan (sealed side up just incase the bag splits).
• Bring water to the boil, then reduce the heat & simmer for 30 minutes per pound (454g)
• Once cooked, remove & lay on a wooden board in the bag to allow to cool.
• Open the bag over the sink & remove your Salt Beef Brisket, slice & serve.

Pro Tip: The resting period allows the beef to come up to temperature & finish cooking, whilst the meat absorbs its natural juices becoming more tender & juicier.

Easy to follow videos for Salt Beef Brisket ideas;

• Jamie Oliver’s take on a Salt Beef Bagel
• How to cook your Salt Beef on the barbecue with veggies
• How to make Salt Beef into Pastrami

Enjoy cooking your Sherwood Salt Beef Brisket from our locally sourced cattle, we know you will love the flavour & enjoy sharing this with family & friends. You should try making classic salt beef bagels it is great for those midweek snacks, slice this up for any meal & it serves well with a creamy mash or salad.

If you want to make Pastrami from your salt Beef Brisket, then smoke this on the Barbecue & add your favourite seasonings to it; the flavour from this Grass-Fed beef is amazing!

Sharing your Salt Beef Brisket on Social Media.

Enjoy our Irish Grass-Fed Salt Beef Brisket at home & remember to share delicious foods with friends & family. Sharing great food online is an excellent way of inspiring others to make better food, or enjoy new dishes, recipes. We love to see what results people have with our Salt Beef Brisket so why not join us over on Social Media & we will share your pictures, videos, stories, recipes, reels & meals with our followers.

By tagging us in your posts on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter, we will be able to identify your Social Media Posts easier enabling us to like, comment & share. By using our Hashtags in your text on your posts, our followers will get notifications that a new post has been made & you’ll get increased traffic to your accounts.

Many people are unsure on how to cook Salt Beef at home & through your posts on Social Media they are able to learn the Pro Tips of low & slow cooking. In addition to our Facebook Page, we have an interactive Facebook Group for sharing your cooks & ideas. The group is called Sherwood Home Cooking & Barbecue, see delicious recipes, hints & tips from some of our online customers.

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