Lard or Fat for Pastry

[Jonesy299]

Hi - trying to make a hot water pastry ( like a pork pie pastry) but need to track down lard or white vegetable fat. Any supermarkets stock it?

[sophie]

Think Sha do white veg fat but don't not sure about lard. Have you tried "proper" butchers for lard?

[mrsgee]

Three bears alsancak have it. It is in jars. Lard that is.

[Hair Cut]

Just use shortcrust if you cant find Lard, works just as well.

[Jonesy299]

Thanks for responses - will look at the options ( and get baking soon)

[alphamike]

Butter would work, as would vegetable shortening, if you can get your hands on it. I've bookmarked a veg shortening video from youtube, but haven't tried it yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyGQcfseptI

[Groucho]

Supreme sell a baking veg oil and butter blend in the shelves by the butter it's cheaper than butter and aimed at bakers.

[Wines Of The World]

Hi - trying to make a hot water pastry ( like a pork pie pastry) but need to track down lard or white vegetable fat. Any supermarkets stock it?

We made our own lard, slowly boiled/cooked 3 or 4kg of fat and then strained off the good fat, which we think was lard once it set.

[karmels]

As jonesy299 has mentioned it is very easy to make your own lard. Ask your pork butcher for pork fat off cuts, put in freezer over night, cut into very small pieces put about 1 inch of water in a heavy saucepan, put fat in and boil the water will boil off keep boiling till fat has melted and looks like crackling. Strain and cool. Beast dripping.

[Groucho]

Strain and cool. Beast dripping.

Bet it makes your kitchen smell like a "Beast dripping" too! lol

[karmels]

Groucho, it depends if you use pork or beef.