Mashed Root Vegetables with Bacon Vinaigrette

Name: Mashed Root Vegetables with Bacon Vinaigrette
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters apple cider vinegar; 227 grams thick-cut applewood-smoked bacon, diced; 1 Tbsp (packed) dark brown sugar; 2 Tbsps chopped flat-leaf parsley; 10 servings Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper; 2 kilograms mixed root vegetables (such as parsnips, kohlrabi, celery root, turnips, and rutabagas), peeled, cut into 1 cubes; 1 large white onion, diced; 2 Tbsps yellow mustard seeds

Mashed Root Vegetables with Bacon Vinaigrette is a gluten free and dairy free side dish. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 192 calories. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up apple cider vinegar, mustard seeds, kosher salt, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Bring vinegar, mustard seeds, and 1/4 cupwater to a simmer in a small pot; cook untilseeds are plump, 20-25 minutes.

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Mustard Seeds

Vinegar

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Pot

Drain;set aside seeds and cooking liquid separately.

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Seeds

Place a steamer basket inside a largepot.

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Steamer Basket

Add water to a depth of 1". Bring to aboil.

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Water

Add root vegetables to steamer basket.Cover and cook, adding water by 1/2-cupfulsif needed to maintain level of water inpot, until vegetables are very tender but notmushy, about 45 minutes.

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Root Vegetable

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Water

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Meanwhile, place bacon in a largeskillet; set over medium-low heat andcook until bacon softens and fat beginsto render, about 4 minutes.

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Bacon

Add onion;increase heat to medium-high and cook,stirring occasionally, until onion and baconare browned and crisp, about 10 minutes.

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Onion

Add reserved mustard seeds to baconmixture and cook until seeds begin to pop,about 1 minute. Turn off heat and stir inbrown sugar and reserved mustard seedcooking liquid. Season vinaigrette to tastewith salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Mustard Seeds

Vinaigrette

Mustard

Seeds

Sugar

Pop

Drain vegetables and return to pot. Usinga fork or potato masher, coarsely mash. Stirin vinaigrette; season to taste with salt andpepper.

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Vinaigrette

Vegetable

Potato

Salt

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Transfer to a 13x9x2" baking dish;cover with foil. DO AHEAD: Vegetable mashcan be made 1 day ahead. Chill.

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Vegetable

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Aluminum Foil

Rewarm vegetable mash, covered, in a350°F oven until just warmed through, 45-55minutes. Alternatively, place in a microwave-safebowl and microwave until warmedthrough (time will vary).

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