Tips from Sigrid Henjums on what you can make yourself from hiking food!
Beef Jerky is a type of marinated, partially dried meat. The most common is to use beef, but meat from deer, elk or other animals can also be used. The important thing is that you use meat with little fat, as fat does not dry as well and makes the shelf life worse. The meat is ready after half a day of drying, so this is express cooking!
There are several reasons why dried meat is perfect for camping: It is light in weight, can be stored for weeks and does not need refrigeration to keep. In addition, it is tasty, healthy and filling.
What you need:
200 g of meat in fine thin strips. (It may be easier to cut the meat into thin strips if the meat is still slightly frozen.)
2 tablespoons BBQ sauce, HP sauce or Worcester sauce – or the sauce you prefer
1 teaspoon herb salt
A little ground pepper
Here’s how:
Mix together the sauce, salt and pepper and add the meat strips to the marinade. Place in the refrigerator overnight.
Lay the meat strips flat on baking paper and dry them in the oven at 50 degrees for 6-10 hours, depending on how large the pieces of meat are. The goal is that they should be soft, but feel dry. (My pieces became quite crispy after a while in a box, but that was also good.) The meat will keep for a long time if you store it cold and dry.
Enjoy with a good drink, as an energy boost on the go, or as an appetizer while waiting for dinner.
Spruce syrup à la Sigrid
In the spring, spruce shoots sprout on the spruce trees, and if you pick the small fresh shoots before they have started to sprout, it is a short journey to a delicious syrup that you can use for so many things. – I use spruce syrup to make tea sweet, blue cheese irresistible or vanilla ice cream exciting, says Sigrid.
What you need:
2 liters of small spruce shoots that are less than 2 cm
3 liters of water
Almost 1 kg of sugar
Here’s how:
Boil the spruce shoots in the water for about 45 minutes
Add sugar and cook for another 15 minutes before taking out the spruce shoots
Let the sugar syrup boil down to syrup. It is ready when the color is reddish and the consistency is like syrup
Pour into small bottles and have available for any occasion where the syrup can enhance the taste