Spiced Beef

 

Ingredients

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

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, place the round beef and rub sodium nitrate on both sides.
2. Rub in the brown salt, after which rub with salt.
3. Mix in 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 runs from it. 

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Hannah Freeman
Louisiana Anthology
January 07, 2021