Name: Homemade Irish Corned Beef and Vegetables
Yield: 6 to 8 Servings
Ingredients: 6 cups water; 2 cups lager beer; 1 1/2 cups coarse kosher salt; 1 cup (packed) golden brown sugar; 1 1/2 tablespoons Insta Cure no. 1* (optional); 1/4 cup pickling spices; 1 6- to 8-pound flat-cut beef brisket, trimmed, with some fat remaining; 1 12-ounce bottle Guinness stout or other stout or porter; 4 bay leaves; 1 tablespoon coriander seeds; 2 whole allspice; 1 dried chile de árbol,** broken in half; Cheesecloth; 12 baby turnips, trimmed, or 3 medium turnips or rutabagas, peeled, quartered; 8 unpeeled medium white-skinned or red-skinned potatoes (about 3 pounds); 6 medium carrots, peeled; 4 medium onions, peeled, halved through root ends; 2 medium parsnips, peeled, cut into 2-inch lengths; 1 2-pound head of cabbage, quartered; Horseradish Cream; Guinness Mustard

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Spicy horseradish cream and malty Guinness mustard amp up the flavor of this home-corned beef recipe.

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