Vegan Biltong

February 15, 2022Thomas

1. Vegan Biltong

according to a South African recipe

Vegan foods are very popular and are gaining more and more followers every day. Now there is the first vegan biltong made in the South African style.

How did Biltong come about?

The vegan biltong recipe was developed by the South African Trekboers (Afrikaans: trekboere, English: trekboers) during the Great Trek (Afrikaans: Groot Trek, English: Great Trek) between 1835 and 1841 to preserve meat on their long journeys.

The Huns had previously used this technique in Europe by salting and drying raw meat under their horses' saddles. Dutch settlers in Namibia modified this method of production and hung the raw, well-salted pieces of meat in the airy cargo hold of their horse-drawn wagons. The draft and low humidity dried out the meat – biltong was created.

Veggie Biltong

Time moves with progress, and there are now some exciting vegan alternatives to the original biltong. We were actively looking for a tasty, vegan solution and found one. Enjoy vegan biltong as a snack or as an appetizer for guests.