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Lard recipes

Lard is fine, white pork fat that has been rendered and clarified. It is less widely used than it used to be because of its high animal-fat content. It is still used for slow cooking and deep-frying and is said to make the best crisp, flaky pastry.

Lardy cake
by Paul Hollywood

This recipe has a generous amount of dried fruit in a rich dough that’s lighter and less sweet than most shop-bought lardy cakes.

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Showing 1 - 9 of 9lard recipes

Caramelised onion and feta tartlets

by The Bellamore Family
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Carne con chile

by Rick Stein
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Chicken and tarragon pie

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Chicken pie, mash and liquor

by Matt Tebbutt
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Chicken, ham and leek pie

by Tom Kerridge
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Chicken, leek and tarragon pie

by Jeremy Lee
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Chipotle chicken burrito with curtido

by Rick Stein
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Corned beef plate pie

by Paul Hollywood
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Crab pasty

by Matt Tebbutt
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