Lard is a great addition to many first and second courses. It is served as cold cuts and sandwiches with it. Ready-made salted lard can not only be bought on the market, but also cooked at home. There are many salting recipes, and each housewife can choose one of them that is convenient for herself. But there is one way how to turn lard into a real delicacy - very tasty and aromatic hot salted lard.
It is necessary
- - lard (it is better to take with meat layers) - 1 kg;
- - onions - 1 kg;
- - coarse salt - 3 tbsp. l.;
- - bay leaves - 10 pcs.;
- - garlic - 1 head;
- - coriander (dried cilantro) - 1 tbsp. l.;
- - ground black pepper - 1 tbsp. l.;
- - red hot pepper - 0.5 tsp;
- - parchment paper or foil;
- - pan.
Instructions
Step 1
Let's start with onions. You won't need it yourself. All you need is an onion peel. Therefore, first peel the onion, and then put it in a bag and put it in the refrigerator. The finished peeled onion can be used later for cooking other dishes.
Step 2
Rinse the peel thoroughly under running water. Then transfer it to a saucepan, pour in 1.5 liters of water and bring to a boil. As soon as the water boils, add salt and cook for 5 minutes. At the same time, the water must constantly boil, so it is not necessary to reduce the temperature after boiling.
Step 3
In the meantime, take lard and rinse it under running water. If you have a whole piece, then cut it into 5 equal pieces. If there are 2 or 3 pieces, then divide them into small parts (so that each of them does not exceed 250 g in weight).
Step 4
When the 5 minutes of boiling of the onion peel comes to an end, put the prepared pieces of bacon and bay leaf in a saucepan. In this case, the water should cover them completely. If necessary, you can pour in some more water. Bring to a boil again, then reduce the temperature to a low setting, cover and cook for 30-35 minutes.
Step 5
Once the bacon is ready, remove it from the pan and let it cool. In this case, the water can be drained, and the onion peel can be thrown away - they will no longer be useful.
Step 6
While the lard is cooling, prepare the spices and seasonings. Divide the head of garlic into cloves and peel them. Then run them through a garlic press. Now add coriander to the chopped garlic (it can be slightly chopped in a mortar beforehand), as well as black and red peppers, and then mix everything together well.
Step 7
With the resulting mixture, rub the cooled pieces of bacon on all sides. After that, wrap each of them in baking parchment paper or foil and refrigerate overnight. The next day, the delicacy can already be taken out and served at the table.
