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Pastrami is a popular deli meat made from a highly seasoned cut of smoked meat--usually beef. To make pastrami, one usually begins with a slab of uncooked meat. That meat is typically first pickled in a thick, salty, brine solution, which creates, when using red meat, what is known as corned beef.
Pastrami starts off as salt-cured, or âcornedâ, beef which is then rubbed and. smoked. This process was a Romanian specialty brought to the U.S. via New York during a wave of Romanian Jewish immigration.Traditional New York-style pastrami is also steamed to finish the cooking process and helps to tenderize the meat.fter the beef is corned you would simply follow the rest of the recipe below. How to Make Pastrami For the best results, itâs best to have a very thin layer of fat on your brisket to make pastrami, less than 1/4 inch.