American Southern

To Make Lard Pastry

Name: To Make Lard Pastry
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1.5 lb lard; 0.13 tsp salt; 2 quarts flour

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 22. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

8Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

1 1/2 lb lard
1/8 tsp salt
2 quarts flour

Instructions

1
Two quarts flour, one and a half lb lard; divide the lard into four parts; rub one part into the flour with a knife, mix with cold water to a consistent dough, roll the dough into sheets, spreading the remainder of the lard over them, folding the sheets and rolling again; salt-spoon of salt.
2
Nice and flaky.

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