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Hot Salad or Slaw Dressing
 
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes
Ready In: 20 Minutes
Servings: 18
An old-timey salad dressing good on wilted lettuce or wilted spinach salads from the United States Regional Cookbook,Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon bacon fat or 1 tablespoon chicken fat or 1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon flour
1/2 cup vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 egg yolk, well beaten
caraway seeds (optional) or celery seed (optional)
Directions:
1. Melt fat and blend in flour.
2. Add vinegar and stir until mixture thickens.
3. Mix sugar, mustard, salt and pepper; add to liquid.
4. Cook for four minutes.
5. Pour over beaten egg yolk and mix well.
6. Return to heat and cook for an additional minute.
7. *Variation: Add 1 cup cream or sour cream.
8. For hot slaw: Combine all ingredients and simmer shredded cabbage in the mixture until tender.
By RecipeOfHealth.com