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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.
Depending on the size of the beef brisket being cooked and the cooking method, pastrami takes about 3 to 4 hours to cook. An already cooked pastrami also takes about 3 hours to reheat. However, if one includes the time the pastrami spends brining, the actual preparation time takes anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks.