Fried Apples & Onions

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Bacon - sliced
2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Onions
2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Apples; tart - chopped
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sugar - brown

Recipe Instructions

Salt pork may be substituted for the bacon.

Fry bacon slices in 12" skillet until brown and crisp. Set aside on a warm serving platter.

While meat is frying, peel onions, leaving stems to hold for slicing. To prevent your eyes from watering, hold a slice of bread in your teeth while you slice the onions as thin as possible. Discard stems.

Core apples and cut crosswise in circles about 1/4" thick. Apple skins help the slices hold their shape and add color to the dish, so don't peel unless skins are tough or scarred.

Drain all but 1 tb fat from skillet, then add onion slices. Cook over medium-high heat about 3 minutes. Cover with apple slices in an even layer. Sprinkle brown sugar over all, cover skillet, & cook until tender, a few minutes more. Stir only to prevent scorching. Remove to warm plate with bacon slices.

This is a "country" dish, seldom mentioned in cookbooks but recalled by many oldtimers. Some feel sugar is essential; others call it a "sin." If you share Almanzo's enthusiasm you might also like to try fried apples'n'onions with fried potatoes for breakfast sometime.

Here is the recipe Fried Apples'n'Onions from the Little House Cookbook.

Source:
Joel Dean and Giorgio DeLuca

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