Spiced Beef

Ingredients

• 1 thick piece of brisket of beef, not fat
• pickle
• ground all-spice
• black pepper, ground
• cloves, ground
• ginger, ground
• nutmegs, ground
• brown sugar
• dried sweet herbs, pounded
• water

Instructions

1. Take a fine thick piece of brisket of beef, not fat, and let it lay three days in a pickle, as above.
2. Take it out and rub in a mixture of spices consisting of equal quantities of ground all-spice, black pepper, cloves, ginger and nutmegs, and a little brown sugar;
3. repeat this daily for a week.
4. Then cover it with pounded dried sweet herbs and roll or tie it tightly.
5. Put it into a pan with very little water and bake slowly for eight hours.
6. Then take it out, untie it, and put a heavy weight upon it.
7. This is a fine relish when eaten cold.