Ingredients
4 cups dried lean beef
3 cups dried fruit
2 cups rendered fat
SIDS SALT & PEPPER to taste
Directions
4 cups Dried Meat: depending on how lean it is, it can take ½ - 1 kg per cup. Use only deer or beef (not pork). Get it as lean as possible and double ground from your butcher if you don't have a meat grinder. Spread it out very thinly on baking trays, very lightly sprinkle with SIDS SALT & PEPPER and dry at 80°C overnight or until crispy and sinewy. Regrind or somehow break it into almost a powder.
3 cups Dried Fruit: to taste mix currents, dates, apricots, dried apples. Grind some and leave some lumpy for texture.
2 cups Rendered Fat: use only beef fat. Cut into chunks and heat over the stove over medium (or Tallow) heat. Tallow is the liquid and can be poured off and strained.
Combine in a bowl and hand mix. Double bag into four portions. The mixture will last for quite a while without refrigeration. I have eaten it four years old. It actually improves with age. Vacuum pack if you can.
Makes 1.6 kg.
