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Mangalitsa fat (Back and Leaf)

Mangalitsa fat (Back and Leaf)

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MANGALITSA FAT
The reason people raise this pig.
Soft, clean, and it renders to something closer to butter than lard.
RENDER IT
THEN KEEP IT
BAKING
WHERE IT SHINES
FREEZER
KEEPS INDEFINITELY
What makes it different
Why this fat is different
Mangalitsa is a lard breed — the fat is the product, not a by-product. It is softer than commodity pork fat, whiter, and it melts at a lower temperature. That last part is what makes it behave so well in pastry.
What to do with it
Rendered slowly it gives you a clean, near-white fat with almost no pork flavor. Biscuits, pie crust, tortillas, confit, roast potatoes, and frying more or less anything.
Why bakers want it
A lower melting point means the fat stays solid while you work the dough and lets go late in the bake. That is what makes a crust flake instead of crumble.
Rendering is mostly waiting. Low heat and patience — if it browns, the heat was too high, and the flavor follows the color.
FROM THE FARM
We raise Mangalitsa here in Monticello, Kentucky, and have every animal cut at a USDA-inspected plant down the road. They grow slower than a commodity hog and they put that time into fat rather than lean, which is the whole point of the breed.
How to render it
1
Cut it into small cubes, or put it through a grinder if you have one. Smaller pieces render faster and more completely.
2
Into a heavy pot over the lowest heat you have, with a splash of water so it cannot catch before it starts to melt.
3
Two to four hours, stirring now and then. It is done when the solids have sunk and gone golden and the fat above them is clear.
4
Strain it into clean jars. Months in the fridge, indefinitely in the freezer. The crisp solids left behind are cracklings — do not throw them out.
What you're getting
Mangalitsa fat, for rendering.
From a lard breed — bred for fat rather than lean.
Mangalitsa raised on our farm in Monticello, Kentucky, and cut at a USDA-inspected plant.
Weights are averages. Every package is cut by hand, so no two are exactly alike.
Who vouches for us
Homegrown By Heroes
Homegrown By Heroes
Farmer veteran certified
Weston A. Price Foundation
Weston A. Price
Wise Traditions listed
Kentucky Proud
Kentucky Proud
KY Dept. of Agriculture
Appalachia Proud
Appalachia Proud
Mountains to Market
USDA inspected · Processed at USDA-inspected facilities in Science Hill, Kentucky and Walling, Tennessee

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