Corned Beef And Cabbage - cooking recipe

Ingredients

flat corned beef brisket
1 onion
1 clove garlic
6 whole cloves
bay leaves
1 tsp. rosemary
1 green pepper
parsley
3 peppercorns (or pepper)
3 or 4 carrots
potatoes
1 small head cabbage

Preparation

Rinse corned beef and put in a large pot.
Cover well with water.
Add sliced onion, garlic, cloves, bay leaves, rosemary, sliced green pepper, parsley and peppercorns or pepper.
Cook on top of stove at a slow rolling boil for 3 hours.
When 1 hour left, add sliced carrots; 15 minutes later add cubed potatoes. The last 15 minutes, add the cabbage, quartered.
Cook a total of 4 to 5 hours on stove top.
It is done when a fork goes in the corned beef easily.
Let meat sit for 15 minutes before carving. Cut against the grain.