402 lard recipes

Slow-braised pork shoulder shredded and piled into warm flour tortillas with fresh East L.A.-style guacamole, cilantro, onion, and a squeeze of lemon.

Pressure cooker chop suey chow mein: a retro Chinese-American pork stew with celery, onion, mushrooms, and mixed Chinese vegetables. Sweet with molasses, savory with soy, ready in under an hour.

Grilled game sausage patties of ground duck, pork shoulder, and pancetta with cinnamon and cumin, wrapped in caul fat. Served on garlicky wilted kale with balsamic reduction.

Ground pork peanut butter cookies made with lard, browned pork, cinnamon, and orange zest. A savory-sweet heritage cookie recipe unlike anything in your cookie jar.

Lentejas en Adobo: Mexican lentils with pork, ancho chilies, sweet plantain, and pineapple. A traditional sweet-savory Oaxacan adobo stew with deep fruit and spice.

Spice up your gumbo with this simple recipe that calls for tuna fish, shrimp and steamed rice.

Paper-thin Italian crepes from Emilia-Romagna, spread with a savory lardo-prosciutto-rosemary paste and showered in Parmigiano-Reggiano. Rustic, rich, and utterly addictive street food you can make at home.

Traditional Chinese almond cookies with crumbly texture, pressed with apricot pits or whole almonds. Refrigerated slice-and-bake dough keeps for weeks.

Jugged hare braised for hours in a rich bone stock with mace, cloves, and mixed herbs, finished with port wine. A classic British game recipe served with redcurrant jelly.

Tender beef chuck pot roast slow-simmered in a tangy homemade barbecue sauce with ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, and Worcestershire. Fork-tender and packed with smoky-sweet flavor.

An all round yummy satisfying meal or appy that will get people begging for more or the recipe

Pichelsteiner is a hearty Bavarian layered stew of pork, beef, and mutton slow-cooked with potatoes, carrots, celeriac, and leeks in beef stock. A rustic German classic that gets better the next day.

Soft chocolate drop cookies with cream cheese baked right into the dough and crunchy walnuts in every bite. The cream cheese keeps them tender and slightly tangy for days.

Traditional Wiltshire lardy cake with layers of spiced lard, sultanas, raisins, currants, and candied peel folded into yeasted bread dough. Sticky, sweet, and warm from the oven.

Krautfleisch is a German pork and cabbage casserole braised with paprika, caraway seeds, and tomato puree. Simmered low and slow until fork-tender, finished with sour cream.

Master Chef stewed chicken braises a whole bird with fire-roasted bell peppers, tomatoes, red wine, raisins, and olives for a Spanish-Portuguese sweet-and-savory stew. Finished with a flour-thickened gravy.