Rendered lard or homemade lard - a simple recipe for making lard at home.

The recipe for making lard is simple.

To begin with, the lard from which we are going to render lard must be washed and placed in cold water for 6 hours.

Then, the water needs to be drained, and the lard should be poured again with fresh cold water, and let it stand for another 6 hours.

Next, we need to sprinkle the soaked lard with salt (for 1 kg of lard - 2 tablespoons of table salt).

Then, the slightly salted lard must be cut into cubes as for frying.

It is best to heat lard in an enamel bowl, always with a thick bottom. And so we need to pour a small amount of water into the bowl for melting the lard (as they say - onto your finger).

Then, you need to put the chopped lard into the pan, but not all at once, but in parts. After we have put the first portion of lard into the pan, we need to reduce the heat to low and heat the lard, stirring it constantly (preferably with a wooden spatula). It would be very good to place a flame divider on the burner, then the lard will burn evenly.

As it melts, new portions of lard must be added to the pan. Thus, we drown the lard until all the fat has been rendered out of the lard.

In the meantime, the lard is melted, we can prepare jars for packaging and further storage. To do this, you need to place the jars in a cold oven (the optimal volume is from 500 to 800 grams). Turn on the oven and heat the jars so that they don’t crack when we pack the hot lard into them.

Pour the finished rendered fat into jars, simultaneously filtering it through several layers of gauze. Then, let the melted lard settle in a warm place and filter it again through gauze (fresh), leaving sediment at the bottom of the jar.

This homemade lard is usually stored in a cool, dry and dark place (a cellar is ideal).

You can use melted lard for various fryings, or you can simply spread it on bread and sprinkle with crystals of coarse salt.

For an original recipe on how to make delicious and aromatic homemade lard with onions, watch the video from Juicy Cake Channel. It turns out so delicious that you will lick your fingers.