Biltong Making
Biltong Making
Learn how to make Biltong and Jerky in this one day course with BigHorn Biltong. This hands-on day will guide you through every step of the biltong making process. You’ll take your own Biltong home at the end of the day, along with a biltong box so you can keep making it at home!
In this course you will:
- Learn how to choose the right cut of beef – find out about different cuts of beef and how to select the right cut of beef to create the best biltong.
- Understand the difference between Biltong and Jerky – you’ll make them both today!
- Create your own marinade – using the seasonings and spices that you like best, you’ll create a dry-rub marinade from scratch.
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Prepare, marinade & hang the biltong – by the end of the day you will have made your own biltong from start to finish.
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Make your own jerky – the best way to understand the difference between jerky and biltong is to make them both yourself.
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Build your own biltong box – no previous DIY skills required! All parts and tools will be provided.
You might recognise BigHorn Biltong from Back to the Land with Kate Humble. When Kate heard about what BigHorn Biltong do, she knew they’d make a delicious addition to the Humble by Nature teaching team!
What you'll learn
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An introduction to Biltong Making
Find out more about the heritage of biltong and jerky and how it is made.
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Learn how to choose the right cut of beef
Simon will guide you through choosing the right cut of beef, what to look for and how to ask your butcher for it at home.
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Prepare, marinade & hang the biltong
Choose your favourite spices to create your own marinade for your biltong and find out how to hang it.
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Make your jerky
Make your own jerky. This will be returned to you after the course once BigHorn Biltong have finished drying it for you.
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Build your own biltong box
Build your own drying box so you can keep making Biltong at home. No previous DIY skills required and all parts and tools will be provided.
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Q&A
The course will finish with tea and cake and the opportunity to ask any further questions.
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The Essentials
Biltong Making will run from 10am until 4pm and includes a delicious farm lunch.
We’ll provide all the ingredients and equipment for this course.
You’ll make and take home your own Biltong and Biltong drying box. Your jerky will be returned to you after BigHorn Biltong have finished drying it for you.
Your instructor for the day..
Kate met Simon and Carol of BigHorn Biltong while filming Back to the Land for BBC2. She knew that they'd…