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- 2 kg roasting beef (Silverside, Topside or such)(London Broil)
- 1/2 cup Brown Vinegar
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup good quality rock salt (Not normal coarse salt or sea salt!)
- 1/2 cup Soft Brown Sugar
- white pepper
- roasted ground coriander (a very important spice in Biltong so be liberal!!)
- tsp bicarbonate of soda especially if venison or a lower grade of meat is used.
Ingredients
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- Punch some small holes in the lids of two small bottles and pour the vinegar in one and the Worcestershire sauce in the other.
- Dust the meat with some white pepper, the bicarbonate of soda and coriander.
- Sprinkle a little of the coarse salt and sugar on the bottom of the marinating dish.
- Layer the meat in the dish with the thicker pieces at the bottom.
- Over each layer sprinkle a bit of the vinegar and the Worcestershire sauce.
- Sprinkle a little more salt and sugar.
- Ensure that you utilize the spices in such a manner that they run out just as you pack the last pieces of meat in the dish.
- Let the meat draw in its own brine for about 12 hours.
- Remove the meat and squeeze dry with your hands ensuring that no salt or spices cling to the meat.
- At this stage you may want to press some more coriander and coarsely ground black pepper into the meat, but make sure that you take note of the proceedings so that you are able to make adjustments later, if necessary, with subsequent batches.
- Skewer the meat and hang
In the bilton maker it will take 3-4 days to dry.
Under the rafters it will take longer and watch out for the flies!