Biltong in new SethEffrican Biltong Box

Dear Gentleman,

Or... G'Day Bruces':becky: (As I always used to say)

Some of you Auld F@rts remaining here might remember I used to do a batch of Biltong/Jerky occasionally.

I just bought a new Biltong King drying box from a local on-line store here because I didn't feel like tooling up for making a new one myself and I only want to do small amounts these days.

This is my first result with this and I'm really very pleased at the result. The box came with a kilo of Safari Seasoning which is made by Crown National in SethEffrica and is very popular. Normally I make my own seasoning but in this case I thought I'd give this stuff a go. I bought a cut we call "Girello" here. It's apparently one of the muscles of the"Silverside" primal and is what is mainly used in SethEffrica when you can't get Springbok, Gembok, Zebra, Giraffe, Wildebeesties or Lion.:heh:

I added some smoked paprika, cumin, worcestershire sauce and malt vinegar to the mix and marinated this in the fridge for 2 days before hanging:




And hung it up in the new "Biltong King"


About 5 days later it was looking pretty good and had the right firmness.



I was really pleased with the mahogany colour. Just like the stuff you buy for "spendy" at the deli or smallgoods store.

Slicing up, it was not as glossy inside as when I make my own mix, but was certainly the right flavour. Very tasty!



It's not BBQ. But it's the best thing to snack on when you're BBQing!

Thanks for looking fellas!

Cheers!

Badjak said:

Looking good!
4 days till eating? I can normally eat them after about 1.5-2 days (but then, I like my biltong quite rare!)

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Hey Badjak.

Howzit?

I've done biltong in that time too with my older bigger box that I threw out, and a big arse fan.

This new box has a computer fan at the top for extraction and the light fitting at the bottom for anything up to 100W incandescent bulb depending on how fast you want to go.

In this case, I went for a 40W bulb and we are in the middle of winter right now, so it was pretty slow. I was hoping for slow anyway because I was away for the weekend and I didn't want it to go too far. Next batch I'll bump up to 100Watts and see how it goes, but I'll be using my own spice mix.

Cheers!

Titch said:

Looks great, I get mine cut fresh at Moorabin, whats the online store?

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https://www.biltongboks.com.au/

2 Expats from Capetown. I think they are in South Melbourne. Anyway, I got the gear and the spices from them. Came in 2 days. I did really wanna make my own box again but when! Right! At least this thing just clipped together in 5 minutes and I was up and running. Very happy.