
Take your steak next level with this Blue Cheese and Pecan Butter
It can well be argued great steak needs no additions – but you won’t regret adding this amazing savory butter. This compound butter...
This entire experiment started off as a typo. A friend send me a message about a wagyu burger he’d eaten but instead of ‘burger’ he’d typed ‘butter’. WAGYU BUTTER Y’ALL! A frantic instant-gratification-fueled google search ensued, which eventually led me to the world of tallow-based beauty products.
I’m a fan of the nose to tail philosophy, which dictates that all parts of the animal should be used and none should go to waste. This is a great alternate use for excess and trimmed fat (brisket trimmings, hello?!), the only caveat is you have to use grass fed fat only – that’s where the nutrients are.
Basically, the big benefit of using tallow over regular lotion is that it’s all natural, preservative free, absorbs easily and contains fat soluble vitamins A,D,K & E. Here’s the thing: certain amount of what you put on your skin will actually absorb into your bloodstream (that’s how things like nicotine patches work), so better than your skin be absorbing something natural, right? Plus, more importantly, COW LOTION!
This stuff is actually super easy to make, makes your skin feel soft (I don’t care who you are, both men and women appreciate soft skin!), and no, you won’t smell like grease. Just render some fat to turn it into tallow, mix three basic ingredients and whip. Simple!
Redneck pro-tip: I used a chux kitchen wipe to strain instead of muslin or cheesecloth – works great!
Recipe after the pics.
Thank you to Peter Bouchier butchers for supplying the fat for this recipe!
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