Today we are going to discuss how to make Sweet and Spicy Pemmican, a delicious twist on the centuries-old recipe.
Pemmican, a traditional Indigenous food that has been around for hundreds of years, is a high-energy, nutrient-dense food source that is easily stored for long periods of time without spoiling. While the original recipe consisted of dried meat, rendered fat, and berries or fruits mixed together into a thick paste, pemmican recipes have changed over the years as other ingredients have become available.
Sweet and Spicy Pemmican skips the “fruity” aspects of traditional Pemmican and goes the route of incorporating honey and cayenne pepper in its place.
Ingredients of Sweet and Spicy Pemmican:
2 lbs of lean ground beef
¼ cup honey
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
Instructions for Sweet and Spicy Pemmican:
Preheat oven to 350°F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper then set aside for now.
Place ground beef into a large bowl along with honey, cayenne pepper, garlic powder and onion powder.
Using either your hands or kitchen utensils, mix everything together really well until all the ingredients are fully incorporated into each other resulting in an even consistency throughout.
Form small patties out of this mixture that are about 1 inch thick each then place them on prepared baking sheet spacing them apart enough so they do not touch one another when cooked.
Bake these patties inside preheated oven for 25 – 30 minutes flipping once halfway through cooking time ensuring both sides get an equal amount of doneness & coloration.
Remove from the oven and allow it too cool down completely
After it has cooled, you can store the Sweet & Spicy Pemmican inside airtight containers for up to 6 months at room temperature (try to keep away from direct sunlight exposure if possible).
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