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Lard

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, lard means: Fat rendered from pork, used as a cooking fat and in pastry.

In Turkish: eritilip ayrılmış domuz yağı

How it is used

Use for the rendered ingredient, distinct from raw strips of pork fat.

Example sentences

  1. The pastry recipe combines lard with butter.

    Two fats contribute to the pastry's structure.

  2. The supplier labelled the tub clearly as lard.

    The name identifies the animal source of the cooking fat.

Common collocations

  • pastry made with lard
  • rendered lard
  • ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.
  • pastry chefA chef who specialises in desserts, pastries, breads and other baked goods and usually runs the pastry section of a kitchen. Also called a pâtissier.

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