Biltong paprika, lemon juice, garlic, bicarbonate of soda, Worcestershire sauce, onion powder, and saltpetre. Prior to the introduction of refrigeration, the curing process was used to preserve all kinds of meat in South Africa. However, biltong is most commonly made today from beef, primarily because of its widespread availability and lower cost relative to game. For the finest cuts, fillet, sirloin, or steaks cut from the hip such as topside or silverside are used. Other cuts can be used, but are not as high in quality. Biltong can also be made from: Traditionally biltong was only made during the cold winter
Cured pork tenderloin All of the names above come directly or indirectly from Latin "lumbus" 'loin'. Cured pork tenderloin Cured pork tenderloin is found in various cuisines in Mediterranean Europe and South America. It is typically salted or brined then dried or smoked. In Spanish cuisine, lomo embuchado is a dry-cured meat made from a pork tenderloin, sometimes called lomo for short. It is similar to "cecina", but with pork instead of beef. In Italian cuisine, there are many variants of lonza stagionata. Capocolla is very similar, but made from the neck muscle rather than the tenderloin, and often stuffed into a casing.