Biltong Soup


Biltong Soup is a creamy, rich and hearty soup made using traditional South-African Biltong. Serve as an appetizer or for dinner with fresh bread.

Ingredients
  • 100 g Unsalted Butter ( 3.5 oz )
  • 1 t Fresh Garlic crushed
  • 3 TB Flour
  • 1/2 t Nutmeg
  • 1/2 t Ground Coriander
  • 1/2 t Black Pepper freshly milled
  • 1 cup Chicken Stock
  • 3 cups Milk ( increase Milk for a thinner soup )
  • 1/2 cup Fresh Cream ( double cream )
  • 1/3 cup Blue Cheese crumbled
  • 1/2 cup Cheddar Cheese finely grated
  • 100 g Biltong (Beef Jerky 3.5 oz) - finely grated or the powdered kind for sandwiches
  • 2 t Sherry
  • Thin Biltong Slices to garnish (optional)
Instructions
  1. Melt the Butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan

  2. Saute the Garlic in the Butter for 1 minute – sprinkle over the Flour, Nutmeg, Coriander and Black Pepper – stir to form a paste
  3. Add the Stock – stirring continuously to prevent lumps – add the Milk and Fresh Cream, bring to the boil and turn the heat to low
  4. Stir in the Blue Cheese and the Cheddar – stir until melted – remove from heat

  5. Add the Biltong and stir - just before serving, stir in the Sherry

  6. Garnish with Biltong Slices and serve

Recipe Notes

The Soup will thicken on standing

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