Description
A rich, rustic spread for bread, aka the poor man’s butter
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/2 pounds pork fat, coarsely ground or finely diced
- 1/2 pounds bacon, coarsely ground or finely diced
- 3 medium onions (about 3 1/2 cups), finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon marjoram
- 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cores, and grated or finely diced
Instructions
- In a large frying pan, cook the ground pork fat for 10 minutes over medium heat, it will begin to render fat
- Add the ground bacon, onions, garlic, salt and pepper
- Stir, scrapping the bottom frequently
- Reduce heat to low if necessary
- I kept cooking and stirring for another 50 minutes, until the rendered fat level began to be high tee than the chopped bits in the pan
- Add the marjoram and grated apple
- Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally for a uniform consistency
- Store in the fridge
- Serve with a dark bread and small dill pickles
Notes
Best consumed with beer or vodka!