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pork fat ©️ Nel Brouwer-van den Bergh

Pork Fat

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Staple ingredient

Ingredients
  

Pork fat tissue

  • 2 lbs (910 g) pork fat tissue, preferably that around the kidneys
  • 1.5 cups water

Instructions
 

Rendering the fat

  • Cut the fatty tissue in 1/2 inch sized parts
  • Place half of this in a skillet, with a single layer of fat
  • Add 1.5 cups water at ambient temperature
  • Heat the skillet with the fat and water on high, and when boiling, a tat lower
  • Stir regularly, so that the pieces of fat tissue are exposed to the steam and water throughout
  • When the water has evaporated (no 'steam vapors can be seen anymore), place the heat on medium and continue to stir the fat pieces now and then
  • When you see the first fat pieces turning slightly yellow, stop the heating, scoop out the fat tissue with a slotted spoon and reserve
  • Then pour the fat through a strainer and funnel in a glass jar
  • Bring the reserved fat pieces back to the skillet and render more fat. Harvest fat maximum twice more. Keep fat separate from the first batch as the quality will be lower, it will be smellier and the color darker.
  • Store the fat preferably in the refrigerator. It will keep for months

Notes

Method: oven baking
Food allergy & intolerance information: egg, gluten, milk products
Keyword lard, pork fat, rendering fat