bacon turnip mash

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 pounds orange turnip
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• 1 dash garlic powder
• 1/2 pound bacon - cooked and crumbled
• 2 tablespoons rendered bacon fat

Recipe

• 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.