Guide to Cooking with Beef Tallow

Tallow is

Tallow is rendered beef fat, and much like pork lard, leaf tallow is made from the fat that surrounds the kidneys. Grass-fed beef tallow is prized for its mild beefy flavor and the many uses both in and outside of the kitchen. We render grass fed beef tallow from our 100% grass fed, grass finished Hawaii Island beef. The end result is a beautiful golden hued grass fed beef tallow.

Cooking with Tallow

Tallow is used for roasting and frying. You could use tallow for baking if you want to impart beef notes or earthiness into the baked good. ( A beef pot pie with tallow crust- so much yes!)

Roasting with beef tallow creates a crispy outside and moist inside of just about anything you put it on. Tallow roasted vegetables and potatoes are simple dishes made decadent with the addition of a little grass fed beef tallow.

Frying with tallow is possibly the best use of beef fat. Tallow has a smoke point of 420ºF which is why tallow lends itself well to high heat cooking like frying. The original McDonald’s french fry was fried in tallow. Grass fed beef tallow is also good for getting a nice searing steaks!

Beef tallow is healthy

Grass fed beef tallow isn’t just flavorful and a great local option for high-heat cooking, it’s also a healthy option. Tallow contains linoleic acid which is considered a natural anti-inflammatory. Grass-fed beef tallow is rich in vitamin A and vitamin D. Because our grasss fed beef tallow comes from cows raised on the Big Island, they get lot’s of Hawaiian sunshine creating vitamin D which is stored in fat.

Best of all, beef tallow is used in natural skincare items from deodorant to lotions because the fats are bioavailable to absorb into the skin. It offers antimicrobial properties with palmitoliec acid as well.

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How to store tallow

Tallow is shelf stable so no need to refrigerate, just keep it in an airtight container like a mason jar. You can keep grass fed tallow on the kitchen counter for a year. It’s easy to scoop at room temperature, and hardens in the refrigerator.

Enjoy cooking with tallow made from grass fed beef leaf fat in roasting and frying. The earthy taste of beef tallow is our favorite fat to cook with!