Dutch Lettuce / Mess
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 5 potatoes mashed just like you would for mashed potatoes and gravy for 4 people
- 4 boiled eggs cooked hard
- 8 slices bacon cooked just crispy and leave the grease in the pan
- 4 portions leaf lettuce cleaned and prepared for a salad
- 3/4 cup green onion sliced
- 1/4 cup bacon fat what was left from frying the bacon
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 1/3 cup sugar
Instructions
- Leave grease in the pan from the bacon then add the vinegar and sugar heat to a boil and then set aside
- Put the onions and lettuce and mashed potatoes, bacon broken up together
- Pour dressing mixture over the rest of the ingredients
- Mix and serve
Notes
This is from Connie Duinink
DUTCH MESS
Dressing
Combine well:
½ cup sugar
1 T flour
¼ tsp salt
1 egg
Pinch pepper
Then stir in ½ cup cold water and ½ cup regular vinegar (of course you will use the good kind) Cook in the microwave at 70% power, stirring well every minute until starts to boil. You will need this hot but it can be made ahead and reheated.
Just before pouring over potato mixture, I heat it with some (2-4T) of the bacon grease – optional but sure tastes good. Pour hot dressing over: At least a cup of lettuce per person Green Onion chopped, greens & all Cooked and mashed potatoes, hot Hard boiled eggs, sliced Fried and crumbled bacon, hot Mom (Dorothy Ter Louw) would say 1 potato & 1 egg person, but I sometimes do a few extra eggs.
The dressing is about enough for a nice batch for 4 people or so.
I like to start with lettuce, then onions in bottom of bowl and not add hot things until ready to toss and serve.
Just before pouring over potato mixture, I heat it with some (2-4T) of the bacon grease – optional but sure tastes good. Pour hot dressing over: At least a cup of lettuce per person Green Onion chopped, greens & all Cooked and mashed potatoes, hot Hard boiled eggs, sliced Fried and crumbled bacon, hot Mom (Dorothy Ter Louw) would say 1 potato & 1 egg person, but I sometimes do a few extra eggs.
The dressing is about enough for a nice batch for 4 people or so.
I like to start with lettuce, then onions in bottom of bowl and not add hot things until ready to toss and serve.
