Manteca De Puerco - Rendered Pork Fat
$10.99
Manteca de puerco is rendered pork fat — the traditional cooking fat behind Cuban frying, refritos, and bean pots before vegetable oil took over the kitchen.
Common Uses: frying tostones and maduros, crisping masas de puerco, finishing frijoles negros, sautéing sofrito, greasing pans for Cuban bread and pastelitos.
Pantry Role: fat/oil base.
Common In: Cuban, Spanish, and pan-Latin home kitchens across the Caribbean and Cuban-American households nationwide.
Pairs With: garlic, comino, yuca con mojo, black beans, plantains, and any dish where neutral oil falls flat.
Ships nationwide to cooks who want the flavor their grandmother's frying pan actually had.