How to make delicious air dried meat

Air dried meat is delicious, especially when you make it yourself  :]

Air dried meat is when you hang a piece of lean meat covered in herbs outside so it tastes better.
When you're are drying the meat make sure it's not in direct sunlight.
Humans beings have been making are dried meat for thousands of years, probably  even before man found out how to use fire!

Ingredients

lean meat

1 chilli [seedless]

1 capsicum

10 garlic

blend these all together in a blender, keep these in the blender and continue to put the ingredients into the blender

fenugreeck seeds [160 g]                                                          

4 bay leaves 

1 tablespoon of coriander seeds

1 tablespoon of all spice pimento

4 juniper seeds

1 tablespoon of ground coriander

2 cloves

1 tablespoon of salt

1 tablespoon of sweet smoked paprika

hanging the meat

Blend all of the ingredients above in the blender

rubbing salt onto the meat

Rub the salt onto the lean meat, then leave it for 2 days in a bowl with a plate on top which is weighted

After 2 days the meat should look wrinkled and the bowl will have juice in it. Pour out the juice and then towel of the meat and wrap it in a towel

Put the meat with the towel on it in the fridge for a day

Unwrap the meat and cover it with the paste you made and then hang the meat in a dry,warm and protected place for 2 weeks  [picture of ideal places to hang]

After two weeks, scratch off the paste and bin it.In result you will have delicious,  homemade,  air dried meat.  enjoy! :]

air drying the meat

WARNING if it rains , mould might start to grow on the meat. in this case bring the paste covered meat inside scrape off  the mould and brush the meat lightly with  vinegar, this will stop the mould from coming again and the mould only grows on the paste not the meat.       

Please feel free to rate the taste of the meat in the comments below  :]

enjoy:]