In mid-May I posted about a Porkstrami cook where I used the
daveomak
injection technique he designed for shoulder and loin 'hams' then used a modified Pop's Brine as a covering brine.... so a combination cure to produce 'corned' pork butt. I took the corned pork butt, seasoned it with my pastrami rub and my garlic pepper blend, smoked it for 5 hours in my drum smoker, then did a 35 minute pressure finish. Round 1 was a tick salty, so I made a reduction in that, and I reduced the amount of pickling spices. I also increased the dwell time after injecting to 8 to 10 hours before adding the roast to the corning brine. All these changes helped.
This was within 30 minutes of moving off the pit and into the pressure cooker.
This is after 35 minutes of processing
Here is the recipe with changes. I intend to use corning method on some beef, and try it on a pork loin so I can make some thinly sliced pork for porkstrami sandwiches.
Porkstrami ~ Round 2 ~ A work in progress
Day 2 – Strain the brine. Add the Cure #1 to the chilled brine and mix very well. Measure an amount of brine equal to 10% of the meat weight (for example: 2000g of meat needs 200g of brine for injecting). Calculate the amount of AmesPhos (1.8 g/lb of meat) and mix it into the 200g of brine. Inject the brine into the meat. Hold meat in a plastic bag for about 8 to 10 hours so the phosphate can start to work. Then add the meat into the covering brine, and cure for 13 days, agitating the liquid daily. Remove meat from brine rinse and soak about an hour. Pat the meat dry, add pastrami seasoning. Rest in the refrigerator 12 to 18 hours.
Day 3 – Smoke the meat up to 5 or 6 hours or until it gets a nice color and the internal is ~160°. Move to pressure cooker with some pork broth. Process for 35 minutes, then use natural release. Check tenderness and if needed…. Process again for 5 or 6 minutes.

This was within 30 minutes of moving off the pit and into the pressure cooker.

This is after 35 minutes of processing

Here is the recipe with changes. I intend to use corning method on some beef, and try it on a pork loin so I can make some thinly sliced pork for porkstrami sandwiches.
Porkstrami ~ Round 2 ~ A work in progress
- Boneless pork butt
- 112 ounces of water
- 16 ounces of beer
- 80g canning salt
- 30g white sugar
- 3 tablespoons pickling spice
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon brown mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
- 6 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon Old Bay
- 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
- 1 tablespoon crushed ginger
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- 22g Cure #1 (note: this is added after the brine has cooled back down)
- AmesPhos – this is calculated at 1.8 g/lb of meat weight and mixed into an amount of brine that equals 10% of the meat weight.
- Pastrami seasoning - thirdeye recipe (or a 50:50 mixture of pastrami seasoning and thirdeye's Garlic Pepper blend)
Day 2 – Strain the brine. Add the Cure #1 to the chilled brine and mix very well. Measure an amount of brine equal to 10% of the meat weight (for example: 2000g of meat needs 200g of brine for injecting). Calculate the amount of AmesPhos (1.8 g/lb of meat) and mix it into the 200g of brine. Inject the brine into the meat. Hold meat in a plastic bag for about 8 to 10 hours so the phosphate can start to work. Then add the meat into the covering brine, and cure for 13 days, agitating the liquid daily. Remove meat from brine rinse and soak about an hour. Pat the meat dry, add pastrami seasoning. Rest in the refrigerator 12 to 18 hours.
Day 3 – Smoke the meat up to 5 or 6 hours or until it gets a nice color and the internal is ~160°. Move to pressure cooker with some pork broth. Process for 35 minutes, then use natural release. Check tenderness and if needed…. Process again for 5 or 6 minutes.