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A few years back we bought a processed hog and told them to package up the fat for us. Crockpot on medium and we had several quarts of beautiful lard for cooking. The Lard is long gone and the wife is looking into doing the same with beef fat.
Here is my ?? When I cook a brisket, the pan ends up with about a quart of fat/juice in the bottom. Can that be separated and saved/used as lard? Or will the meat juice "taint" the lard causing it to spoil?
 
hammer33 said:
A few years back we bought a processed hog and told them to package up the fat for us. Crockpot on medium and we had several quarts of beautiful lard for cooking. The Lard is long gone and the wife is looking into doing the same with beef fat.
Here is my ?? When I cook a brisket, the pan ends up with about a quart of fat/juice in the bottom. Can that be separated and saved/used as lard? Or will the meat juice "taint" the lard causing it to spoil?
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Cook your brisket on a rack above a pan. I put trimmings from the brisket, plus other beef fat trimmings I randomly save in the pan. The tallow renders out while the brisket cooks - then just strain it out into jars. Delicious smoked tallow!
 
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None that I've complained about! In this video he does what I'm describing during an overnight brisket cook.

 
you can also go to a butcher or your local grocer and ask them to save some fat for you.

I save my trimmings from brisket and rib roasts and cook them on low- saving the fat.
 
If you know any duck hunters, ask them to cut the butts off all their waterfowl. The fat cap in a duck's butt renders down very nicely for some good duck fat. 99% of them breast out the ducks and throw the rest away
 
TAFKAP said:
If you know any duck hunters, ask them to cut the butts off all their waterfowl. The fat cap in a duck's butt renders down very nicely for some good duck fat. 99% of them breast out the ducks and throw the rest away
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Hence the term lardbutt? :D
 
hammer33 said:
A few years back we bought a processed hog and told them to package up the fat for us. Crockpot on medium and we had several quarts of beautiful lard for cooking. The Lard is long gone and the wife is looking into doing the same with beef fat.
Here is my ?? When I cook a brisket, the pan ends up with about a quart of fat/juice in the bottom. Can that be separated and saved/used as lard? Or will the meat juice "taint" the lard causing it to spoil?
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Without a doubt, the best pie crust is made from lard.
 
I remember restaurants in Germany that would bring a basket of bread and a bowl of lard with bacon chunks "floating" in it. Mmmmm good.
 
Bass Pro might still have some of this stuff if you're interested. I fried some Christmas turkeys with it, and they came out fantastic
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