This will be one of those recipes that I intend to add to the cookbook for Izzie one day. She will be able to make things the way her Gran did. It will all be there, available and ready to pass on and enjoy.

Bozenka, my Mum, the mentioned Gran, has brought along some  pork back fat, I purchased some minced pork and we got cracking.  Roughly 350 g of back fat was chopped and chucked into the pan, where it fried out for about 30 minutes, till it’s sort of golden. The minced pork goes in, 1 grated sweet apple, garlic, 2 large cloves, chopped, 3 shallots. Some marjoram and a pinch of salt.

No, it’s not one of those that’s good for you and that you should have it every day in large amount. But smalec, when made this way, left to set for a few hours and then enjoyed with crusty bread and raw, thinly sliced onion, to accompany cold beer- is delicious.  We’ll be having some later on. 🙂