What is Lard used for?

Debt_Free_Chick

angelavdavis wrote: »

I also use lard for cooking yorkshire puddings (success every time because it gets hotter than vegetable oils) and roast potatoes.

Another very good point. How many posts do we have about yorkies that fail to rise and pots that fail to "roast". I strongly suspect that olive oil or another veg oil is to blame - as you say, they burn at a lower temperature compared with lard or beef dripping (yum, yum )

So I don't feel too guilty about it as I think we generally have a really balanced diet.

Another good point - food police, please take note that "everything in moderation" is generally good advice

LandyAndy

I disagree about olive oil for roasties. I find it makes excellent roasties. However, you can't beat duck fat for the best roasties IMHO.

Lard/Dripping definitely better for Yorkshires though

Firehorse

Having veggies in the house means lards a no go here. However, we do use TREX, similar thing and it produces the most delicisious pastry.

jackie_w

Oh here, All this talk of pastry is making me really hungry.

Please please please somebody give me recipes for making my own pies. I never buy pies because I dont trust what goes in them, and ive never had the confidence to make my own.

Jackie

miss_pink_4

heres another vote for Trex, it makes the most lightest pastry and you need no marg added to it as well

Tibbie's_mum

I bought a block of value lard last week, sure that it's a vital ingredient for many things...but what exactly? I'm sure it's used in my favourite Heeva cakes/buns, does anyone have a failsafe recipe for them?

TIA

scrimperjan

Sorry, don't know about cakes and buns, but I use it half-and-half with margarine to make pastry, and I also use a little (maybe half a teaspoon) in each individual tin when making Yorkshire puds, if I haven't enough dripping. (I find vegetable oil makes the puddings stick and is impossible to clean off the tins!).

Sweet_Pea_2

I also like pastry made as I was taught at school, half and half with lard and margarine.
Alternatively you can make it into cakes to put out for the birds, if you can't think of anything to cook with it, I'm not sure how to do this though, I'm sure you could google it.

mary43

OH would say to cook chips in it..................reckons they tasted so much different years ago...........but thats not a healthy option so other than using it half and half for pastry, make up some fat balls for the birds.
I think if you try the RSPB site there might be a recipe on there.

jessicamb

use it for frying bacon instead of oil.