Fat is a high-calorie, high-fat product. Salo is great for breakfast, saturating the body in the morning with energy and good mood. In order for this product to be stored in the refrigerator for a long time, it should be preliminarily prepared.
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Instruction manual
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Melted lard. Rinse lard with water and cut into slices. Take a pot and set it on fire. Place all sliced pieces on the bottom of the pan while heating. Melt lard over low heat. Remove the resulting layer of fat with a spoon, pass through a thin gauze cloth into a prepared container: glass or clay. Melted lard is stored for up to 3 years and is used not only for food purposes, but for medicinal and even cosmetic purposes.
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Salting. Salting cannot be salted during salting; it is believed that lard absorbs just as much salt as is necessary to achieve the best taste. So, prepare the pickling. For 1 kg. fat take 3-4 tbsp. l salt, 1 tbsp. l black pepper, you can add a mixture of dried herbs if you wish. Cut the garlic into large strips. Cut the fat into slices 4-5 cm. Wide, stuff it with garlic and roll in a pickling mixture. Take enameled dishes and lay the slices in layers, each layer while sprinkling with spices. Leave to salt in a cool place for 3-5 days. After the specified time, wrap the cooked fat with cling film and store in the refrigerator, and in the freezer, this fat can be stored for a year.
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Smoking. For smoking fat, a special smokehouse with certain types of firewood is required: alder, willow, poplar, etc.
Prepare the pickling mixture from recipe number 2. Cut the fat into strips of 15-20 cm long. Roll the sliced fat into the mixture and leave it in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. Wipe the lard soaked in a mixture well with a paper towel. Take the smokehouse hooks and place pieces of bacon on them. Keep such pieces over the smoke of the smokehouse must be at least 3 hours. Smoked lard is stored in the refrigerator for about a year.
note
Choose only fresh fat, it should not be yellow or rancid, the old fat no longer contains vitamin F, and the fat has changed its structure.
Useful advice
Salo remarkably replenishes energy during physical education, and stimulates brain activity during mental work.