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I used to order from US Wellness Meats a lot and would frequently purchase both their pork lard and beef tallow. Quality stuff.
by busterarm 8y ago
I used to order from US Wellness Meats a lot and would frequently purchase both their pork lard and beef tallow.
Quality stuff.
- ghaff 8y agoDuck fat is also really good for some things like frying potatoes. Relatively hard to find and expensive though.
- deadmetheny 8y agoDuck fat is sublime for frying potatoes and things like Yorkshire puddings. It's also quite easy to procure - all you need to do is get a whole duck, score the skin with a knife, and roast it in the oven (flipping it and draining the fat every hour or so) until you've rendered as much as you can out. Not only do you get a pint of delicious fat that will keep for ages in the freezer, you also get roasted duck meat that you can do whatever you please with (personally, I like to shred them up and eat them with a bit of slaw and hoisin as street tacos).
- sridca 8y agoDo you pass the rendered out duck fat through a filter of some sort? To separate the solids? I normally buy duck fat from stores, but maybe I should try it.
- wil421 8y agoI can find a farmers market that sells pieces of the skin. A few pieces of dark will be give you a decent amount and a tasty snack. Pass it through a coffee filter for best results. Do it while the fat is very warm if not somewhat hot.
- deadmetheny 8y agoYou can if you want, but I don't usually bother. All of the solids will settle out to the bottom anyway if you let it cool down to room temperature before freezing. If you want to go the filter route, a cheesecloth would likely be good enough.
- sridca 8y agoI use duck fat every day to fry up (locally-raised organic) ground beef. Always get the same level of satisfaction as that of eating a chocolate.