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jpaul · 29 Jan 2019 at 13:23

aren't lard and beef dripping synonymous ? ... unless you are making your own, genuine, beef dripping

... vegetable oil for doughnuts though

Threepwood · 29 Jan 2019 at 13:28

Lard is pig.

robj20 · 29 Jan 2019 at 13:32

jpaul said:
aren't lard and beef dripping synonymous ? ... unless you are making your own, genuine, beef dripping

... vegetable oil for doughnuts though

No. Lard tends to be pork fat, beef dripping is well beef fat.

jpaul · 29 Jan 2019 at 23:32

Thanks, never realised that, personally, main use of lard is short-crust pastry .. will have to try making pastry with beef dripping now.

SPG · 30 Jan 2019 at 09:27

Interesting, wonder how that will turn out, sausage roll in LARD mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Mark A · 31 Jan 2019 at 17:39

I recently started making home made chips again after seeing a Youtube video on how to make them like a chippy. I used beef dripping and Maris Piper potatoes and they turned out amazing. Not quite the same as a chippy, but really nice and crispy.

Soak for 30 mins in cold water to remove starch, add to salted cold water and bring to the boil and cook until softened (15 mins), allow to cool and steam dry, cook at 140c for 5 mins in beef dripping, then at 180c until crispy.

Then I read a few comments which suggested doing the final fry in small batches to keep the oil hot and then keep piling the chips into a paper lined baking tray in a low oven, to get a more authentic chippy taste.

Squid Vicious · 8 Feb 2019 at 12:44

Using sunflower oil and triple cooking the chips for even better results - they're a treat to go with a nice steak so it's worth the extra effort.