To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, Sohla recreates pemmican, a super food made of meat, fat and berries that dates back over 5,000 years. Plus Sohla speaks with indigenous chef Shawn Sherman to learn more about the history of this remarkable dish, in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.
Pemmican: The Original Survival Food | Ancient Recipes With Sohla
THE RECIPE Ingredients:
– 1 pound bison fat
– 2 pounds lean, boneless bison
– ⅔ cup dried chokeberries
– 1 teaspoon kosher salt
– ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1. Cut the fat into 1-inch pieces and add to a medium saucepan.
2. Trim any fat off the bison meat. Add the trimmed fat to the saucepan.
3. Cook the fat over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until fully melted. Any bits of meat should be browned, rendered, and sunken to the bottom of the pot. This should take about 4 hours.
4. Strain the rendered fat through a fine-mesh strainer and set aside.
5. Add a cooling rack to a sheet pan. Thinly slice the bison and arrange on the cooling rack. Dehydrate at 160F until totally dry, about 12 hours. Cool completely before processing.
6. Grind the dried meat into a powder using a mortar & pestle. Add the ground meat to a bowl.
7. Grind the chokeberries in the mortar & pestle. Add it to the bowl with the ground meat.
8. Add the melted bison fat, kosher salt, and maple sugar to the meat & berry mixture. Use your hands to mix everything until well combined.
9. Take a handful of the mixture and shape into patties. Let rest for about 30 minutes.
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Ancient Recipes with Sohla takes the food you know and love and traces it back to its origins. In each episode, Sohla El-Waylly details the surprising history of some of our favorite dishes as she attempts to recreate the original version using historical cooking techniques and ingredients. Along the way, Sohla highlights the differences between the ancient recipe and how we would prepare the modern version today. http://histv.co/ancientrecipes
