Put the fat into a pan on a stovetop or crockpot and put it on a low heat. The fat will eventually turn into a liquid. It might take hours for the fat to melt down. Some liquid oil will start forming approximately one hour after the start of the process.
Stir the lard around. Repeat that occasionally about every 30 minutes or so until all of the pig fat is melted completely.
Once the fat is reduced to a liquid and golden brown, now it is time to strain the fat. You will need a metal strainer and a bowl to catch the fat. The strainer will catch any meat bits that were floating around in the fat, and the bowl will contain the melted down tallow which should be clear and yellow. Make sure that the bowl is made of a material that will not melt whenever you pour the fat into the bowl after straining it.
So, this means do not use a plastic bowl. Let the tallow sit and cool down. Once it is cooled, it turns white and hard. You can double or triple it. Just multiply each ingredient by 2 or 3. You can design your own recipes with soapcalc.
Can I use my crockpot for food after making soap? Run it through the dishwasher? I found a source for tallow sold to restaurants for cooking, but it had preservatives in it. Would this alter my soap if I use it? Hello, yes you can, you can just add the amount you want on top of the existing recipe. Tallow has been traditionally used in my country for soup making for laundry mainly though, and skincare.
What is the pH of your bars after 4 weeks, please. If i calculate right, your Lye Concentration is Also 12 ounces weight of water is 12 fluid ounces of volume — so in this case the Thanks for the info on deodorizing the tallow.
I have done it with beef, pork and deer. The deer actually is my preference. So if you have friends that hunt have them save the fat for you as they process the meat. I saw someone ask about adding ingredients like milk and maple syrup as additions to your recipe, which would change the ratios. But what about substituting the water with milk? I read elsewhere that the liquid can generally be switched out. Today I did make the tallow shampoo and body bar using goat milk in place of water.
It turned out well! Love that recipe!!! Wow, thanks for letting me know! That sounds so nice, I will have to try it! I used your recipe for pure tallow for cold process. Same amount of tallow and water. The soap came back too brittle and I found some orange spots on it. Did this happen to you ever or did it Happen because I used the cold process method. Would it make a difference if I use Deodorized Tallow on the cold process? Did you weigh all ingredients with an accurate scale?
Did you make any substitutions? Hello: I am an experienced soap maker wanting to re enter the soap making world with your beef tallow recipe. I noticed you said Thank you Lisa. I recently made tallow soap and had it reach false trace almost instantly when I added the lye solution. I hope that helps! It should be hard and creamy white throughout. Tallow melts at between degrees F and it is solid at room temperature. You can find beef tallow for sale at many butcher shops and at some grocery stores in the meat department.
If it is not available locally, you can purchase it from reputable online sellers such as Essential Depot , a soap making supplies website. You may wonder, is tallow the same as lard? The answer is no. Lard is a softer fat derived from pigs. Although a softer fat, it acts in a similar way to palm oil in soaps, as well.
Lard will also produce a very white, hard bar of soap with a creamy, emollient lather. For lard soap recipes , you may wish to check out the previous article on lard soaps.
There are many other tallow uses, including emollient solid lotion bars, salves, and even lightweight liquid lotions. Using such a hard fat like tallow indeed makes it a little trickier to work with than many soap recipes. When the fats begin to cool, they cool quickly and start to harden up. This happens even faster when using milk instead of water in the recipe. She covers everything you need to know from basic safety all the way up to more technical subjects complete with an FAQ and a ton of recipes to try out.
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Purely White is my basic tallow soap and is available for sale in my Etsy shop. Along with a many other wonderful farmstead herbal and milk soaps! Quinn, I love your blog! I found you through pinterest while looking for nightgown patterns of all thins. Now I think I have gone back and read every single one of your posts! You are such a wealth of knowledge and inspiration! I was curious what your thoughts are on the quality of tallow.
Does it matter what the source is? Thank you so much for everything! Wow Karen! It might matter what the quality of the tallow is. Soap making is such fun and I love this particular soap so much.
Quinn, you mentioned above that if you were able to convert this recipe to a milk soap, it would be awesome! I agree!! Did you ever convert it and if so, would you mind sharing the changes? I'm assuming you would just substitute the water with milk, but I know calculations for soap can be tricky!
We've done goat's milk soap before and loved it, but the recipe was much more complicated than this one. I'd love to use this simpler recipe and still yield great soap. Love, love, love your site…I may stay up way too late reading everything! You're too kind! Freeze your milk in ice cube trays and then measure out your ice cubes instead of the water, mixing it in with the lye, but be careful. It's easier to splash the lye mix with partially melted cubes knocking off each other. Gently, but thoroughly stir it for about 5 minutes after they have all melted to make sure all the lye is dissolved.
Your temp is probably going to be pretty low- like ish degrees which means you can add in your oils at a higher temp. Usually, I add mine straight off the stove. Mix in the sweet almond oil and instead of waiting for it to cool down, pour it right in.
I think the temp is usally sitting at about F then so when you mix those together it will be right at ish.
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