Salted lard is a delicious, hearty snack popular in many countries. It is not cheap in the store. However, if you cook lard yourself, it will be much more economical, healthier and tastier.
How to choose lard for salting
Buying lard is easy, but often tough. In order not to throw money down the drain, you can cook salted lard yourself. This is an elementary process. It is much more difficult to choose high-quality lard. The first meat product that comes across will definitely not work. You need to take white or slightly pinkish bacon. The structure should be homogeneous, dense, without loose inclusions. The aroma of the right bacon is a little sweetish.
Salt lard in brine
Salted lard according to this recipe turns out to be very fragrant, tender, melts in the mouth. It is better not to limit yourself and take a large piece of bacon at once. It will definitely not lie, it will be eaten instantly.
Ingredients:
- fresh lard;
- 2 heads of garlic;
- 1 l. water;
- 4 tbsp. l. salt;
- 6 bay leaves;
- 1 tsp black peppercorns;
- 10 allspice peas.
Cooking instructions
- Pour warm water into a saucepan. Add salt, bay leaves, black pepper and allspice. Put the future brine on the stove. Bring the liquid to a boil. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Cool the brine to room temperature.
- After that, you need to check if there is enough salt. You don't need to taste the brine. You can dip a clean chicken egg into it. If it floats, the salt is just right. The egg sinks - there is little salt.
- It is necessary to prepare the fat. It is important to scrape the skin with a knife under running water. This will remove all the dirt.
- Dry the bacon with a paper towel.
- Cut the bacon into large pieces.
- Peel the garlic. Cut the cloves into thin slices.
- Put some of the garlic on the bottom of a clean jar. Top - pieces of bacon.
- Fill the jar so that there is garlic between each layer of bacon.
- Pour lard with brine with spices. Close with a nylon lid. Leave the jar at room temperature for two days. After that, you need to send the container to the refrigerator for another 2 days.
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Drain the brine from the jar, you will no longer need it, get the bacon. It must be dried with paper towels.
Image - Put bacon in a bag, put in the freezer. After cooling it can be served.
This lard in brine will become a traditional family snack that will delight both adults and children. Salted bacon goes well with boiled potatoes, black bread, garlic and onions.
Helpful advice! This bacon is perfect for original sandwiches. To prepare them, you need to twist the bacon with a meat grinder, adding 1 clove of garlic and fresh dill. The fragrant mass is simply spread on a piece of black or gray bread. It turns out to be an amazing appetizer, from which it is impossible to tear yourself away.
