Pork Fat

[Bartdorman]

Found 2.5 pounds for a couple dollars. Any ideas of what to make?

[jfricke]

Render it, deep fry all the things.

[Fiorella]

Here’s a recipe I posted for small batch fat rendering. You can follow same steps for large batch, too. It’s based on beef fat, but works the same with pork fat, too.

Quick and easy tallow - render beef fat

There is no need to buy beef tallow (or pork lard). Your butcher is probably throwing out all the fat scraps. You can get them for free or almost no cost. When you get home, divide the fat into small plastic bags, and store in your freezer. Here’s a beautiful free piece of fat I got from my butcher: [image] Cut up into little cubes, and throw into cold pan [image] Crank up the heat, and the cubes will melt down to make tallow [image] When the cubes look like they are starting to get to…