HOT BACON DRESSING (Yields about 5 cups)
Featured in Inside Hatco, Winter 2014/2015
From Karl Ratzsch’s in Milwaukee, WI
Ingredients: 3 cups (720 mL) water; 1½ cups (300 g) sugar; ¾ cup (180 mL) white vinegar; ¾ tsp. (3.75 g) salt; ½ tsp. (2.5 g) white pepper; 3 tbsp. (23 g) cornstarch; ¼ lb. (113 g) bacon, thick-sliced and minced; 1 cup (150 g) onion, chopped; ¾ cup (110 g) chopped parsley
Instructions: Mix the cornstarch into the cold water. Bring first 6 ingredients to a boil, stirring until clear. | Render bacon until crisp, add onions and sauté until limp and translucent, but not brown. Stir bacon mix into dressing, bring to boil again and stir in parsley.
*Also use in making German Potato Salad.












