pork lard
Rendered swine grease
Pork lard is rendered pig fat, historically a staple cooking fat before vegetable oils became dominant.
The term is technically redundant—lard by definition comes from pigs—but appears in contexts emphasizing the animal source: We use pork lard for the tamales, never shortening.
Prized for flaky pie crusts and authentic regional cuisines.
- fatAdipose tissue
- greaseThick oily lubricant
- baconCured smoked pork
- renderedDepicted or processed
- rendered fatFat melted from tissue
cooking · deep frying · crispy · shortening · drippings · tallow · suet · cracklings · frying · cast iron · biscuits · flaky · pastry · smoky · savory · pig · butcher · kitchen
pork lardbeef tallow
Rendered bovine fat
olive oil · butter · duck fat · goose fat · chicken fat
pork lardvegetable oil
Plant-derived culinary lipid
olive oil · coconut oil · canola oil · margarine · sunflower oil
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