Beef suet

Gigervamp

Is beef suet just beef fat?

My butcher often gives us a large chunk of beef fat when we buy a roast and I normally pop it on the top of the roast, but I was wondering if I could grate it up and use it to make dumplings.

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Suet (/ˈsuː.ɪt/) is raw beef or mutton fat, especially the hard fat found around the loins and kidneys.
Suet has a melting point of between 45° and 50°C. (113° and 122°F.), and congeals between 37° and 40°C. (98.6° and 104°F). Its low melting point means that it is solid at room temperature but easily melts at moderate temperatures, such as in steaming.

Pink.

Hi Gigervamp,

This thread may help:

How to tell the difference between fresh suet and just beef fat??

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the ideas together.

Pink

Gigervamp

Thanks for your replies. Off to look at that thread.