It's English. So I Boiled The Shit Out Of It.

A big hello all lovers of boiled food. On the menu tonight: We've got an old (Thoroughly boiled for hours on end, just to be sure.) English classic....

Corned Beef. (Sliverside). With White Sauce.

Now I can understand that if you have never tryed silverside. The idea of a hunk of beef thats been soaked in sea water, then boiled for several hours. Can sound a bit off putting. But... If you've tryed A good corned beef. Then you'll now it's totally wicked, and you'll want to eat it all the time. Just like me. Also the rest of my family goes ape shit every time I cook it. Plus, the left over meat is awsome on white bread with tomato sauce. The following is one of many, many ways of cooking silverside. Hope you like it.

Ingredents:

1.5kg of corned silverside. Trim the fat.

2 brown onions. Peeled.

8 whole cloves.

3 large peeled and chopes carrots.

1 dozen peper corns

2 fresh bay leaves.

Method:

Fill a large heavey based pot with enough water to immerse the beef. Bring it to the boil. Rinse the beef, then place it in the water. Alow it to come to the boil. After 30 seconds, remove the beef. Drain the water and rince the pot. (This step is to remove excess salts from the beef.) Refill the pot, replace the beef. Return to the boil. Add the bay leaves, pepper corns, carrots, onions and cloves. Simmer slowly for three hours. As serving time nears. Prepare a white sauce. Flash boil some sliced cabbage.

Serving:

Place some cabbage onto a plate. Next layer 3 or 4 medium thick (3-4 mm) peices of silverside over the cabbage. Add some of the boiled carrots on the side as a garnish. Ladlle a real good dollop of the white sauce over the top. Crack a bit of pepper over it. Now eat it. After every third bite, take a sip of amber ale.