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Potatoes and Turnips with Bacon

It’s still chilly in this area and I’m still cooking heartier dishes even though spring is officially here now.  Turnips just may be the most underrated of vegetables.  If you aren’t crazy about them, I hope this recipe will change your mind!

Pairing turnips with potatoes is like a marriage made in heaven!  With one bite, you can have the subtle bitter, yet slightly sweet taste of the turnip and the earthy flavor of the potato.  Let them mingle with salty smoky bacon and they ooze an intense goodness.

This is a simple recipe with the wine vinegar and sugar adding a tasty sweet/sour sauce to the vegetables and bacon.  There are a lot of pleasant flavors going on in this recipe and here’s hoping you give it a try ~ it’s a cinch to make!

Potatoes and Turnips with Bacon

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

2 teaspoons sugar

5 slices bacon, cut into 1/2” pieces

1 small onion, diced

3 garlic cloves, chopped

1 pound turnips, peeled, cut into 1” chunks

1 pound small red potatoes, cut into 1” chunks

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon pepper

Method:

In small bow, mix vinegar and sugar.  Set aside.

Sauté bacon until crisp.  Set aside.

Add onion and garlic to skillet, cook until tender.

Add potatoes and turnips and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

On medium-low heat, cover and cook until almost tender, stirring frequently, about 15-20 minutes. 

Pour vinegar mixture over vegetables and toss.

Add bacon.

Check for seasonings.

Continue cooking until browned and slightly crisp, another 8 minutes or so.

Serve

YUM!!!  DELICIOUS!!!

Be sure to visit my friend, Linda’s blog @My Kind of Cooking for great tips, recipes and cookbook giveaway! 

This entry was posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 at 5:58 AM and is filed under Bacon, Garlic, Potatoes, Side Dish, Turnips, Vegetables. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response.