Bacon Turnip Mash recipe
All Recipes Side Dish VegetablesIngredients
- 2 pounds orange turnip 2 tablespoons butter 1 pinch salt 1 pinch ground black pepper 1 dash garlic powder ½ pound bacon - cooked and crumbled 2 tablespoons rendered bacon fat
Nutrition Info
- 423 caloriescarbohydrate: 15.8 gcholesterol: 77.7 mgfat: 29.7 gfiber: 4.2 gprotein: 23.2 gsaturatedFat: 11.5 gservingSize: -sodium: 1504.1 mgsugar: 8.7 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Bacon Turnip Mash
Directions
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Peel and cube the turnip. Cook in a saucepan in salted water until very tender. Drain then mash with the butter or margarine, salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste. Set aside.
In a skillet fry the bacon until nice and crispy. Remove from the skillet and crumble. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease.
To the skillet with the 2 tablespoons of bacon grease add the mashed turnip and crumpled bacon. Stir and heat to the desired temperature before serving.