Spiced Beef

Ingredients

• Round beef
• 1 oz of sodium nitrate
• 1 pound of brown sugar 
• Salt 
• 1 tablespoon of allspice 
• 2 tablespoons of black pepper
• 2 teaspoons of cloves 
• 1 teaspoon of mace

Directions

1. In a large bowl place the round beef and rub sodium nitrate on both sides.
2. Next, rub in the brown sugar and then rub with salt.
3. In the large bowl, mix the allspice, black pepper, cloves and mace.
4. Let it stand for 30 days, turning it every other day, and bathing it with the liquor that run from it.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Cintia Marin
Louisiana Anthology
June 8, 2020