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- From: Duncan Bennett <duncanb@wcmc.org.uk>
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: COLLECTION: Boerevors (South African Sausage)
- Date: 17 May 1994 00:18:16 -0400
- Organization: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
- Message-ID: <2r9gi8$4er@s.ms.uky.edu>
-
-
- These are the edited results of my appeal to rec.food.recipes for
- a recipe for Boerewors.
-
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-
- The following three recipes were sent to me by Ashleigh Kristafor
- (G93K4444@warthog.ru.ac.za).
-
- Recipe 1:
-
- 2kg boned beef, cut into 50mm cubes
- 1kg boned pork, cut into 50mm cubes
- 25-30ml salt
- 20ml freshly ground coriander
- 25ml freshly ground black pepper
- 2 ml grated nutmeg
- 1 ml ground cloves
- 90-100g casings
- 300g pork speck
- 125ml vinegar
-
- Method:
-
- Spread out the meat, sprinkle the spices over and mince all
- together (a mincer plate with 9mm holes is ideal!), except
- vinegar and speck. Add the vinegar and speck, mix (lightly as
- overmixing/kneading will toughen the sausage) stuff casings (pork
- casings are best but mutton casings can be used if you want a
- thinner sausage).
-
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-
- Recipe two:
-
- 2kg boneless chuck of beef
- 750g boneless thick rib of pork
- 200g speck
- 15ml coriander
- 30ml fine salt
- 5ml freshly ground black pepper
- 2ml freshly grated nutmeg
- 100ml vinegar
- 90g pork casings
-
- Method:
-
- - cut meat and speck into 50mm cubes
- - combine coriander, seasoning and nutmeg, sprinkle over
- the meat cubes, mix
- - mince the meat and speck, add vinegar, mixing lightly
- but thoroughly
- - stuff into casing (hint: take care to eliminate bubbles yet
- don't fill too tightly)
-
- Makes 3kg.
-
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-
- Recipe three:
-
- 5kg beef
- 3kg pork
- 15ml coriander
- 15ml cloves
- peppercorns, thyme and sage if desired
- 1/2 bottle vinegar
- salt & pepper
-
- Method:
-
- Mince the beef and pork together. Add coriander, cloves,
- peppercorns thyme and sage. Add vinegar and salt and pepper to
- taste. Leave the mixture overnight in a suitable dish mix again
- and fill casings.
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- The following two recipes were sent to me by Mike Berry
- (mvb@maties.sun.ac.za).
-
- TRADITIONAL BOEREVORS
-
- Taken from "Biltong en Boerevors" published by the Meat Board"
- 1991. This recipe won First Prize in a National competition
- and is tried and tested.
-
- 2 kg prime beef
- 1 kg pork
- 20 g Coriander (50ml)
- 2 ml ground cloves
- 2 ml ground nutmeg
- 30 g fine salt (25ml)
- 5 ml freshly ground black pepper
- 500 g bacon
- 100 ml vinegar
- approx 90g intestinal casing (Pork is better)
-
- To prepare coriander: 15ml produces 5ml
- Place in dry pan, heat and stir until light brown.
- Grind, sieve to remove husk. Grind remainder to a fine powder.
-
- Cut meat into 50mm blocks.
- Mix in with herbs.
- Mince pork beef and herb mixture. Not too fine.
- Cut bacon into small blocks.
- Add vinegar and bacon to minced meat and mix.
- Stuff casing with mixture. (NOT too tightly.)
-
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-
- KAROO-BOEREVORS
-
- 500 g Boned beef
- 500 g Boned pork
- 1 kg mutton
- 1 ml coriander
- 1 ml ground cloves
- 14 g fine salt
- 2 ml freshly ground black pepper
- 250 g bacon
- 15 ml sweet red wine
- 25 ml wine vinegar
- 15 ml brandy
- 60 g + casing (Pork is better)
-
- Cut meat into 50 mm blocks
- Mix in herbs
- Cut bacon into 3mm blocks and add to mixture
- Mix wine, vinegar and brandy. Sprinkle over mixture.
- Mix lightly and stuff casing.
-
- Cut into pieces only when ready to cook.
- The boerevors shrinks approx. 30% in cooking so cut pieces
- at least 6 inches long.
-
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-
- Boerewors - my attempt before receiving the above recipes.
-
- >From the other recipes given it would seem that the spices may
- need modifying slightly to get closer to the real thing. I have,
- however, made this a number of times and the result is excellent.
-
- Ingredients.
-
- Meat.
-
- 6 1/2 lbs beef (top rump)
- 4 1/2 lbs pork (leg)
- 10 oz pork fat
-
- Trim the meat and fat carefully, removing blood clots, sinew and
- bone. For a good flavour you will need 20-30% fat content. You
- can use cheaper cuts of meat but the result may not be as good.
-
- Spices etc.
-
- 1 1/2 oz coarsely ground coriander
- 1 oz ground rock salt
- 1 oz coarsely ground black pepper
- 1/4 of a nutmeg (grated)
- 6 fl oz red wine vinegar
- - Natural casings.
-
- Method.
-
- Ensure ingredients are chilled at all times. Dice meat and fat
- and mince coarsely together. Mix meat, vinegar and spices
- together (as lightly as possible). Loosely fill natural casings.
- The best casings I have found are "35mm tapes". Traditionally
- Boerewors is unlinked but it is easier to pack if it is linked.
- Place the sausage on a plastic rack in the bottom of the fridge
- for about 12 hours before using or freezing.
-
- Boerewors is at its best cooked on a braai (barbecue).
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-
- Many thanks to Ashleigh and Mike.
-
- Enjoy!
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