Render lard

How to render lard, easily at home. Information on where to source your lard and the different types to choose from.

I choose to render lard with the slow cooker method because the stovetop or in the oven causes spattering and messes. Learn how to make rendered lard in your Crockpot or Instant Pot, and which sources are best for soaps and which is best for cooking (there is a difference!). #lard #renderinglard

Lard is a perfect fat in so many ways. Its high smoke point makes it an excellent choice for frying. Its large fat molecules give pastries and pie crusts a beautiful, flakey texture. My favorite reason to use lard? It's super high in Vitamin D! It's time to bring back the ages-old tradition of rendering fat in our kitchens! Here's how to render lard in your crock pot.

How to render lard in a crockpot the easy way

Learn how easy it is to render pork fat to make lard. Not only can rendered pork fat be used in cooking, but it also has many other uses too!

Avoiding processed fats and oils? Lard will be your new BFF. Learn how to render lard at home with simple, easy-to-follow steps. Use a crockpot to render lard, or render lard on the stove. Learn how to use lard, how to store lard, how to can lard, and how to render lard in this complete guide. Pork fat, lard shelf life, canning lard, how to make lard fat, pig fat, lard recipe, how to make lard shelf stable, how to make your own lard

Taking your beef fat and rendering it into tallow is a great way to use up the whole animal you butcher, along with health benefits!

Rendering fat is a traditional skill that involves slowly cooking down animal fats and it's making a comeback in homestead kitchens. It's easy to do, affordable, and provides a versatile fat source for high-heat cooking and making things like candles, soap, and skin care products!

Homemade Lard Soap Create your very own soap using only a few ingredients and the main one being Lard! This is my favorite recipe on how to make your own soap at home! It's extremely frugal for us because we raise our own organic pasture raised pigs, so we get LARD!! Once I render that

It was the mystery of the missing pig fat… That almost sounds like it could go with a Nancy Drew novel, huh? Our first home butchering experience was last year when we cut up our steer. (If you are curious about the emotional aspect of butchering one of your own animals, you’ll find this post interesting.) […]