Fresh Pork Lard - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb pork fat, cut into 1 inch cubes (do not use bacon or salt pork)
1 lb pork fat, cut into 1 inch cubes (do not use bacon or salt pork)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 275 deg F.
Spread the cubes out in a deep baking dish, place in oven.
Stir every once in a while as the fat renders into a clear liquid.
When the baking dish contains only clear liquid and browned bits (about 2 hours), carefully remove the dish from the oven (letting the cracklings color richly gives the lard a fuller, roastier flavor).
Let the lard cool to lukewarm, then strain.
Store the lard in a tightly sealed jar in the refrigerator (freeze if you won't use it all within a month).