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Ingredients

2 pounds orange turnip 2 tablespoons butter 1 pinch salt 1 pinch ground black pepper 1 dash garlic powder ½ pound bacon - cooked and crumbled 2 tablespoons rendered bacon fat

Nutrition Info

423 calories carbohydrate: 15.8 g cholesterol: 77.7 mg fat: 29.7 g fiber: 4.2 g protein: 23.2 g saturatedFat: 11.5 g servingSize: - sodium: 1504.1 mg sugar: 8.7 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

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.

4 - 5 servings

Cooked and mashed turnip with savory bacon.