Varoma steamed Corned Beef

[fundj&e]

you mean from the back door 

[goldfish]

 

[Allegra21]

Hi! Just a question about cooking the corned beef in the varoma tray. Is it ok that it covers up all the holes? My piece is 1.5 kg and sure to block all the holes. Will the bit above the holes cook quicker and get tougher?

[judydawn]

Allegra, you can place your meat onto an egg ring to ensure the holes are not all covered.  The meat seems to cook evenly but if you are worried about it, you could turn the meat halfway through.

[Allegra21]

Thank you, what a good idea. My hubby is a corned beef fan so I hope it turns out nicely 

[kmw]

Made this for dinner tonight & it worked out great. I had a 1kg piece & cooked in the varoma for 60 mins, then another 30 min at which point I added potatoes & carrots & then cabbage at 15 mins. I already had a cheese sauce in the freezer so used this to keep it simple.

It was easy & what I liked the best was having a complete meal at the end with 1 dish. The only problem was it caught on the bottom in a couple of places not sure why ... used speed 3.

[judydawn]

Kmw, after the first 60 minutes of cooking did you check that there was still plenty of liquid in the bowl.  It could pay to add some more boiling water at that stage as the more concentrated the water and meat juices become, the more chance there is of it catching.

[kmw]

It did look ok but I will try adding more water next time, I still have half the piece in the freezer to use.

[peterseaford]

usually cook our corned beef in the Dream Pot - but followed your instructions and it turned out beautiful.

cooked cabbage and some spuds in the basket and carrots , beetroot and celery in the veroma - as you said in the last 30 minutes.

found it interesting that the corned beef got larger when cooking . after 1.5 hrs the internal temperature of our beef was 85c so well cooked but moist and a pleasure to serve.

thanks very much - will do that again

regards  peter

[judydawn]

I'm glad you enjoyed it Peter.

[athsstar]

Made this last night as my first all in one meal, as well as first varoma steamed meat dish, very very successful for me with spuds, pumpkin, carrot and beans for 1 in the varoma for last 30 mins.  and lovely tender meat.
now to find more recipes like this to try.

[judydawn]

Have a look in the all-in-one recipes athsstar.  Glad you enjoyed the corned beef.

[jessie36]

We love our corned meat and this looks like a winner, I usually do mine in the slower cooker and its fine this sounds so much better.

thanks for the encouragement

[Kimmyh]

I've used this recipe twice now and love it. Very easy method. I also made the mustard sauce which is perfect with the beef. A very simple dinner with lots of flavour. Will be making it more often. Thanks Judy.

[judydawn]

No worries Kimmy, glad you enjoyed it.