Elephant Soup Central African-style

Ingredients

• of biltong

  or dried or smoked meat like beef jerky (the original recipe mentions elephant meat coated with salt and honey and dried in the sun)
  ½ pound
• of beef broth or beef stock
  6 to 8 cups
• of mirepoix (diced carrots

  onions, celery and herbs sautéed in butter — optional)
  1 cup
• onions

  finely chopped
  2 unit
• shelled

  roasted peanuts (or ½ cup peanut butter)
  1 cup
• boiled chana dal (or any lentils or dried peas)
  1 cup
• leek

  finely chopped
  1 small
• of wumubu mushrooms (or any kind of mushrooms)

  (the original recipe says that wumubu are "a type of black African mushroom")
  1 cup
• two tablespoons of butter
  1 unit
• salt

  black pepper (to taste)
  1 unit
• cream
  ½ cup