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Sour Potatoes

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 kg potatoes
• 75 g bacon
• 75 g butter
• 1 piece onion
• 1 tbsp flour
• 0.5 l water
• 2.5 tbsp syrup or brown sugar
• salt (a little)
• vinegar (a little)

Instructions

1. Cook 1 kg of peeled potatoes until soft, drain, and let them steam dry.
2. For the sauce, fry 75 g of finely diced bacon, add 75 g of butter and a chopped onion, and brown 1 heaped spoonful of wheat flour in it.
3. Pour in ½ liter of boiling water and cook into a smooth sauce, then add 2-3 spoons of syrup or brown sugar, along with salt and vinegar to taste.
4. Pour the sauce over the potatoes and cook them thoroughly with it; if they are too firm, add more boiling water.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.