Salting Lard In Brine: The Most Delicious Recipe In A Jar For Long-term Storage

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Delicious lard in brine: recipe for your favorite snack

Appetizing, nourishing, healthy (in moderation) salted lard is a welcome guest on everyday and festive tables of many nations of the world. A tasty product is prepared for future use in various ways, each of which finds its own admirers. In addition to the well-known dry salting, probably to everyone, there is also a method of preparing snacks using water. And today we will talk about how to salt wonderful bacon in cold brine.

Step-by-step recipe for salting lard in cold brine

During my student years, I had the opportunity to change housing several times. I no longer remember the reasons, but it doesn't matter. In one of the difficult intervals between leaving one apartment and finding another, I had to live with a classmate for some time. The girl and her whole family were Ukrainians, and therefore the bacon in their house was not translated. It was at that time that I got acquainted with the wonderful taste of an appetizer cooked in cold brine. To say that I liked her is to say nothing. It was the best lard I've tasted before and after. The mother of a classmate salted the product in large glass jars or just in a saucepan. I have adopted this experience and often prepare food myself.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of lard;
• 100 g of salt;
• 1 liter of water;
• 2 heads of garlic;
• 2 tbsp. l. spices to taste.

Preparation:

1. Prepare all ingredients.

   

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2. Cut the peeled cloves of one head of garlic into thin slices.

   

   Cut the garlic into slices

3. Pour the water into a saucepan, bring to a boil. Turn off the stove, add salt and prepared garlic, and let the pot cool completely.

   

   Prepare the brine

4. Cut the bacon into strips or cubes about 4 cm thick, transfer to a saucepan with brine.

   

   Transfer lard to the brine

5. Cover the bacon with a plate, place the load on top.

   

   Put lard under yoke

6. Put the workpiece in the refrigerator and incubate for 3 days.

7. After the specified period, remove the bacon from the brine, put it on paper towels and blot the remaining liquid.

   

   Dry the prepared bacon with paper towels

8. Peel the second head of garlic, pass through a press.
9. Cut a piece of cling film, spread on the table.

10. Spread the chopped garlic and your favorite spices evenly over the film.

    

    Sprinkle spices and garlic on cling film

11. Wrap the lard in plastic wrap so that the garlic and spices cover all sides of the block.

    

    Wrap the lard in plastic wrap

12. Place the bacon in the freezer for 2-3 hours, then remove and cut into thin slices.

    

    To make slicing lard easier, place it in the freezer first.

13. Serve lard as an addition to your favorite meals or as a snack with a glass of vodka.

    

    Decorate your table with cold salted bacon and delight your loved ones

It is worth saying that thanks to the same family, I also tried lard cooked in hot brine. The product is immersed in boiling water, cooked for several minutes, and then rubbed with spices and kept in the cold. The structure of the bacon salted in this way is looser, and the shelf life in the refrigerator is no more than six months.

Below I offer you another option for cooking bacon in cold brine.

Video: salting bacon in brine

Cooking lard in cold brine is an easy way to get a chic snack for any table. If you also cook a similar dish, but have your own secrets, share them in the comments below. Enjoy your meal!