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Maria's Pennsylvania Dutch Dandelion Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing

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From:  Maria's Farm Country Kitchen
Dandelion salad with hot bacon dressing is an old spring classic in this part of Pennsylvania, and this is a recipe handed down from my mother, Ardie Rodale. It's a surprisingly lovely balance of bitter and sweet, salty and savory. Dandelion is also known for its healing properties as a diuretic. But don't pick it unless it's from an organic lawn or field. Make sure you pick when the leaves are young, before the dandelion sprouts a bloom.

Ingredients
Serves: Prep: 15min Cook: 15min Total: 30min
  • Enough young dandelion leaves for 4 to 6 salads
  • 5 pieces of bacon and drippings
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 Tbs flour
  • 3 Tbs apple cider vinegar
  • 5 Tbs sugar
  • 1 Tbs yellow mustard
  • black pepper
  • 1 hard boiled egg

Directions
  1. Wash the dandelion leaves really well. Spin to dry and set aside.
  2. Fry the bacon and remove from the pan. Pour out about half of the drippings.
  3. Mix the water, flour, vinegar, sugar, mustard and black pepper together in a bowl.
  4. Add the mix to the remaining bacon drippings in the pan and cook over medium heat until thick. You may need to adjust the sugar to taste the dressing should be sweet enough to counter the bitterness of the dandelion greens (dip a leaf in the dressing to test the taste).
  5. Pour the dressing over the dandelion greens while still hot. Crumble the bacon on top.
  6. Garnish with chopped hard boiled egg.
Recipe Tips
If you don't have access to your own free source of dandelion leaves, you can often find them in the supermarket or farmers market. Commercially grown dandelion leaves are larger and less bitter (but aren't free!)
Serving Suggestions
Goes with anything that's PA Dutch!

Nutritional Facts per serving
CALORIES 117.7 CAL
FAT 3.5 G
SATURATED FAT 1.1 G
SODIUM 197.4 MG
CARBOHYDRATES 18.1 G
TOTAL SUGARS 10.9 G
DIETARY FIBER 1.8 G
PROTEIN 4.6 G

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The stems in the middle need to be removed as well. They can be bitter sort of like kale.... I used to eat this when just a young person....

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