This Biltong savouries recipe is another tasty snack to add to a picnic basket to enjoy on a sunny UK summers day or to add to the table at a social gathering.

This Biltong quiche makes a great summers evening meal accompanied by a leafy green salad and avocado pear. And why not also cook and cool to add to a picnic basket to enjoy on a sunny UK summers day.

Biltong has many culinary uses and added to everyday recipes gives a tasty savoury taste to food. Biltong muffins are ideal for packed lunches and to add to a picnic basket. They are quick to make so can also add a difference to a week-end breakfast.

Biltong and mushroom dip is an ideal recipe to make for a summer social gathering whether for a pre-BBQ (braai) snack or to take on a picnic. This recipe uses grated biltong and is easy to prepare. 

Biltong is a South African dried meat marinated using basic ingredients of salt, pepper, coriander and vinegar.  The meat is then air-dried. Making biltong is a lengthy proceedure and the best available is made using the highest quality meat cuts marinated to secret recipes.

Biltong is mainly made from beef, but is also made from wild game such as buck and ostrich. Boerewors is predominantly a beef sausage, but has also been made with a blend of pork or lamb. The meat is usually spiced with a combination of coriander seed, pepper, nutmeg and cloves. Droewors or ‘dry sausage’ is essentially an air-dried, thinner version of  beef boerewors.