I'm afraid I don't have the inclination to gather up the hardened leftover fat at the bottom of the tins for future use. Until I came up with this idea, it was a case of scraping it out into the bin and then washing the remainder off.

What I do now is take a square kitchen paper towel, tear it up into 4 strips, then scrunch each strip into a tiny ball. Each ball is then dropped into the individual tins where the melted leftover lard is lying after the Yorkshire Puddings have been transferred to the plate.

The absorbent balls then soak up the fat. By the time lunch is over all the balls are now hardened balls of fat ready to throw into the bin. And moreover the individual tins have very little fat left in them to wash out.

Can I claim this top tip as my own ? Maybe I can call it Terry's Fat Balls Tip ?

Last edited by tdubya (Sun 11 Mar 07 5:52pm)