Biltong

[Northern Rancher]

After reading all those old African hunting books I decided to try and make some-it's dried meat the way the Boers used to make it. Basically you cut meat into wide strips quite a bit thicker than jerky-marinate it in cider vinegar overnight than coat with brown sugar, coarse salt and pepper. It called for coriander too but I couldn't find any so I used Montreal Steak Spice. If it turns out might be a way to use up some cow meat or the mountains of wild game we get.

 

[katrina]

nr... I do hope you won't soon be wearing a loin cloth and head dress feathers... Might get in the way of preg checking... :twisted:

 

[Northern Rancher]

Guess I can skip the loin cloth!

 

[Liveoak]

Guess I can skip the loin cloth!

Run Katrina, run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[katrina]

Oh MAN...... I think I'm going to need therapy for even thinking about that sight........... It's burned into my imagination..... :help: :stop: :nod: :gag:

 

[Northern Rancher]

Sorry lol!!

 

[finfarmer]

After reading all those old African hunting books I decided to try and make some-it's dried meat the way the Boers used to make it. Basically you cut meat into wide strips quite a bit thicker than jerky-marinate it in cider vinegar overnight than coat with brown sugar, coarse salt and pepper. It called for coriander too but I couldn't find any so I used Montreal Steak Spice. If it turns out might be a way to use up some cow meat or the mountains of wild game we get.

Overnight might be a bit long, but depends on how you like it. We do once a year when we butcher a cow and this year we will try it with goat, various recipes using dried chilli, lime juice and grated lime skins, dried garlic, basically anything that takes your fancy, coriander is used in traditional "plain'" flavoured biltong but not essential if you dont have or like it. Ours never get a week to dry as after the first three days we end up sampling bits here and there and before you know it we ve sampled the lot...

 

[Northern Rancher]

I put mine in the dehydrator overnight and the kids are in it already.

 

[finfarmer]

Sounds lik eyou got the recipe right then. What do you think of it compared to jerky then as I have only ever eaten biltong ?

 

[Northern Rancher]

They are both pretty good-biltong uses up meat quicker because you can slice it thicker-just trying to cut down on the snack bill when travelling.