Compound Lard
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the lard
Render the lard and press out the cracklings.
Add 10‑20% of tallow, tallow stearin, or lard stearin to the lard.
Stir until melted and thoroughly mixed.
Purify the mixture as directed for pure lard.
Thicken and set
Agitate the mixture until it thickens and becomes cream‑like before pouring into buckets.
If no lard agitator is available, stir by hand until stiff and cool.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Lard
- Forms the main fat base that gives the finished compound its body and spreadability.
- Tallow or tallow stearin or lard stearin
- Adds harder, higher-melting fat so the mixture sets firmer and holds its shape.
The step that matters
Agitate until cream-like before pouring. Stirring while the fat cools forms many small crystals, giving a smooth, spreadable texture. Pouring too early, before it thickens, lets larger crystals form and leaves the product grainy and uneven.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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