How to Render Deer Fat Into Tallow
Deer fat should never be thrown away, render it into tallow and use it for many different things!
Equipment
- knife for trimming fat
- Crock-pot or slow cooker for rendering tallow
- Immersion Blender optional
- Bowl to strain tallow into
- Colander for straining tallow
- Cheesecloth for straining tallow
- Jar with lid for storing tallow
Ingredients
- Deer Fat (however much you have, or whatever fits in your crock pot)
- Water (enough to cover fat)
- 1/4 cup salt (per crock pot full)
Instructions
- Trim the fat from your deer, and store it in the freezer until ready to render into tallow.
- Once you are ready to render the fat, thaw it out (if applicable) and cut it into small pieces.
- Put the pieces of fat into your crockpot, and cover them with water. Turn crockpot on low for several hours.
- When the fat has turned to liquid, and there's chunks floating around, you can use the immersion blender to blend it up even more.
- After the fat is fully translucent and has been bubbling for a couple hours, it's time to strain it through the cheesecloth into your bowl.
- Let it harden and then check to see if it is ready to store. If it's not pure white and still smells, you need to repeat the process and put it back in the crockpot with more water.
- Once it's pure white, with no specs and no smell, it's ready to store in a sealed jar!
Notes
Make sure there is no residual water left in the tallow before storing, this could cause it to spoil.