Ingredients

Dried meat (buffalo, game or beef)
Dried cranberries (use about the same amount as the dried meat)
Sugar to taste
Lard (to hold together)

Directions

Pound meat very thin and dry in the oven. Grind the dried meat in a food processor. Add dried berries and blend together (the consistency should be dry and loose with fruit broken up). Add melted lard slowly while mixing. Store in paper or plastic or glass.

Pemmican in storage. Photo taken by S. Franklin, 2024

adapted from the First Nations Development Institute’s recipe for Pemmican