Charcuterie | Lard, fats, beef dripping...

What is lard?

Lard is a refined pork fat, fine and pure with a silky texture and pearly reflections that suggest its smoothness. Until the 21st century, lard very often replaced butter or oil in culinary preparations.

The advantage of lard over butter

Like butter, lard can be spread on your preparations. It melts at room temperature, around 30°C, before butter and is perfect as a cooking oil, especially for long cooking because it does not blacken.

It is used in both sweet and savory recipes, in the famous Spanish montecaos for example.

How to use lard?

Indispensable for making rillettes, lard is still very present in Italian and Spanish cuisines, because it brings an incomparable flavor to many preparations. It can replace butter or oil to sear, fry or roast your creations.

What is beef white?

Beef white is melted and refined beef fat, presented in the form of bread, and it is above all the secret of good sfrites from the North and Belgium, where you would never cook them in oil!

Beef dripping 4x2.5kg

To increase in quality, bet on the white of beef. It's the secret of good Belgian fries, non-greasy and without bad smells, fragrant, crispy and golden. Beef fat subtly replaces frying oil to make fries, meat, fish, donuts... It melts between 160°C and 180°C. The recipe for real Belgian fries with beef white in two successive cooking baths: cut and dry your potatoes. Heat your beef fat to 140°C to immerse your fries in it for the first time for 6 to 8 minutes depending on the cut and variety chosen. Drain and let stand. Before serving, raise the temperature to 175°C and cook rapidly for 2 to 3 minutes.

Lard block LPF 250g CELYS

Refined lard LPF loose box 10kg CELYS

Lard, with its supple and melting texture, is traditionally used in rillettes or to sauté meat and potatoes. With its neutral flavor, it also integrates savory pasta doughs and other bakery products. In Spain and Italy it is also used in sweet pastry to which it brings a very interesting texture and crunch. It is an economical alternative to butter and olive oil.