Dishes made with fat
13 dishes from around the world that list fat as a main ingredient.
Blood sausageMeat
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreA sausage made with animal blood, fillers and spices, cooked or dried until firm
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pâté
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreA smooth or coarse spread made from minced meat, liver, or vegetables
Sauce, pickle or ferment
ChorizoMeat
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreA seasoned pork sausage from the Iberian Peninsula, made in many regional styles
Sausage or cured food, Breakfast, Lunch
SchnitzelMeat
🇦🇹 Austria and 5 moreThin slices of meat, pounded, breaded and fried until crisp
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
CharcuterieMeat
🇫🇷 FranceFrench tradition of cured, cooked, and preserved meats, often from pork
Sausage or cured food
Black puddingMeatmarag dhubh
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreA sausage made from animal blood, fat and cereal, cooked in a casing
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Gored goredMeatጎረድ ጎረድ
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreCubed raw beef served with spicy condiments and flatbread
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Spare ribsMeat
🇨🇳 China and 4 morePork ribs with meat and fat, slow-cooked or roasted in many cuisines
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Chipa guasuVegetarian
🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreA baked corn and cheese cake from Paraguay, often served at gatherings
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
Pâté
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreA smooth or coarse spread made from minced meat, liver, or vegetables
Sauce, pickle or ferment
ChorizoMeat
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreA seasoned pork sausage from the Iberian Peninsula, made in many regional styles
Sausage or cured food, Breakfast, Lunch
SchnitzelMeat
🇦🇹 Austria and 5 moreThin slices of meat, pounded, breaded and fried until crisp
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
CharcuterieMeat
🇫🇷 FranceFrench tradition of cured, cooked, and preserved meats, often from pork
Sausage or cured food
Black puddingMeatmarag dhubh
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreA sausage made from animal blood, fat and cereal, cooked in a casing
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Gored goredMeatጎረድ ጎረድ
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreCubed raw beef served with spicy condiments and flatbread
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Spare ribsMeat
🇨🇳 China and 4 morePork ribs with meat and fat, slow-cooked or roasted in many cuisines
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Chipa guasuVegetarian
🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreA baked corn and cheese cake from Paraguay, often served at gatherings
Main dish, Breakfast, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Gored gored: Thomson200, CC0, source
- Chorizo: Asturnut ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pâté: H. Alexander Talbot, CC BY 2.0, source
- Schnitzel: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Black pudding: Alexbrn, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Charcuterie: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spare ribs: M.Minderhoud, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chipa guasu: Horacio Cambeiro, CC BY 3.0, source