On #NationalLardDay, Brenda Watts of Gaffney, S.C. Takes Top Honors in #LardLovers Recipe Contest

Sorry, still not quite getting what you are saying.

Crisco is made from partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, a process that turned cottonseed oil (and later, soybean oil) from a liquid into a solid.

Crisco is not lard.

I would take lard over Crisco any day.

Crumble Carrot Cake Caramel Cheesecake PBrenda
Ingredients:

(For Pastry Crust)-

1 and 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra flour for dusting,
1/2 cup *Viva Retail Lard, (premium lard), chilled,
1 (3-ounce size) package cream cheese, chilled,

(For Caramel Cheesecake Filling Layer)-

1 (8-ounce size) package cream cheese, softened,
1 (3-ounce size) package cream cheese, softened,
1/4 cup caramel topping syrup, (thick kind),
2 tablespoons granulated sugar,
1/2 teaspoon caramel flavored extract,
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract,
1 large egg,

(For Carrot Cake Filling Layer)-

3/4 cup prepared roasted fresh baby carrots,(peeled, roasted and mashed ).(I used Melissa’s brand baby carrots).
1/3 cup granulated sugar,
1 large egg,
1 large egg yolk,
1/4 cup sour cream
2 tablespoon heavy whipping cream,
1 and 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice,

(For Crumbled Topping)-

1 cup all-purpose flour,
1/3 cup packed brown sugar,
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon,
1/2 cup *Viva Retail Lard, (premium lard), chilled,
1/3 cup chopped pecans,
1/4 cup fresh baby carrots, peeled and minced, (I used Melissa’s brand),

(For Egg-Wash for pastry crust)-

1 large egg, beaten,
1 to 2 tablespoons water,

Directions:

Heat oven to 425 degrees F.

Prepare pastry crust. In a large bowl, add 1 1/3 cups flour, 1/2 cup lard, and 3 ounces of cream cheese. Using a pastry blender or fork, work the lard and cream cheese into the flour to combine and blend. Shape pastry crust dough into a large flattened disk. Place a large sheet of parchment paper or wax paper over a work surface, and dust over top lightly with extra flour. Roll the pastry dough crust disk into a large circle to fit the bottom and sides of a 9.5-inch deep dish pie plate. Carefully, place the rolled pastry dough crust onto the bottom and up the sides of the deep-dish pie plate, and flute or trim the edges of crust. Keep plate with formed crust in the refrigerator to chill for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, crust is being chilled, prepare caramel cheesecake filling layer. In an additional large bowl, beat 8-ounces and 3-ounces of softened cream cheese, caramel topping, 2 tablespoons sugar, caramel flavored extract, vanilla extract and large egg using an electric mixer, over medium speed, until caramel filling is blended and creamy. Spoon and spread the caramel filling layer evenly onto the crust to cover the bottom, and form bottom layer; set aside.

Prepare carrot cake filling layer. In a medium bowl, whisk the 3/4 cup mashed carrots, 1/3 cup sugar, large egg, egg yolk,sour cream, heavy whipping cream, 1 and 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie filling, and mix together until just combined but not overly blended. Carefully, spoon the carrot cake filling over top of the caramel filling to cover and gently spread to even carrot cake layer.Place in refrigerator to keep chilled, until crumb topping is prepared.

Prepare crumbled topping. In an additional medium bowl, add 1 cup flour, brown sugar and cinnamon and stir or whisk together until combined. Add the chilled 1/2 cup lard, and using a pastry blender or fork, work the lard into the flour topping mixture until soft crumbs form. Add the chopped pecans and 1/4 cup minced carrots to crumb topping and stir lightly until just combine. Sprinkle the crumbled topping evenly over the top to cover. In a small bowl, whisk the remaining beaten egg and 1 or 2 tablespoons water until blended. Using a pastry brush, lightly brush the edges of crust with the blended egg-wash mixture. (discard extra egg-wash mixture that was not used). Lightly cover over top of assembled prepared pie with a large sheet of foil to cover and prevent excess browning.

Bake pie at 450 degrees F. for 15 minutes, then decrease oven temperature to 350 degrees F. and bake an additional 45 to 55 minutes, or until pie has reached an internal temperature of 160 degrees F. (*Keep foil over top of pie during entire baking time).Let pie cool over wire rack for 15 minutes, chill in refrigerator of at least 2 hours to chill completely. Recipe yields 8 to 10 servings. Store any leftovers covered in refrigerator.

My wife’s tourtiere (Canadian meat pie) with lard is exquisite. She is making some for Christmas.

Recipe?

I don’t understand owning a mixer that costs a house payment. People swear by them but I’ll stick with my 40 year old $10 hand mixer.

Last time I bought Crisco was 15 years ago and that was for someone else.

Forwarded to my wife who’s family hails from down around Gaffney.

And, now I’m hungry...

Sorry, the recipes for tourtiere and Nanaimo bars are closely guarded Canadian secrets, like formula X9 and the 11 herbs and spices. I understand the original is in a guarded vault near the Canadian maple syrup reserve.

https://growagoodlife.com/tourtiere/

Such a good recipe and accompanying story that you need to read it.

It seems that Americans take the same basic recipes from all over the world and truly melt them into a single pot.

My mother from East Germany had a similar dish that she baked whenever we could afford the cost. Always mixed in beef or pork with venison to cut the gamey taste of the wildlife.

I grew up on lard products...and I was thin as a rail,still am.