Green Beans And Bacon With Warm Maple Vinaigrette

• Maple Bacon Vinaigrette
• 1/2 pound cooked bacon, chopped and set aside for assembly
• 1/4 cup reserved bacon fat
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup cider vinegar
• 6 tablespoons hot water
• 5 tablespoons grade B maple syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• Cooking Green Beans and Assembling
• 2 pounds green beans, stem end removed; steamed or stir fried to al dente
• sauce from above
• chopped bacon from above
• fresh coarsely ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted or raw

1. In a heavy saucepan over very low heat, add bacon fat.Beat together eggs through salt and whisk into fat. Switch to wooden paddle, stirring frequently and scraping bottom and corners of pan, til mixture thickens and coats back of spoon. Do not allow to boil/curdle.Turn off heat.
2. Dress cooked green beans with vinaigrette, stir well with pepper, walnuts and chopped bacon.
3. *Our favorite green beans are the haricots verts, frozen, from Trader Joe's. Not defrosted but stir fried from their frozen state, they literally only take 1-2 minutes to cook.

maple bacon, bacon, eggs, cider vinegar, water, maple syrup, kosher salt, green beans, green beans, bacon, ground black pepper, walnuts

Taken from food52.com/recipes/16715-green-beans-and-bacon-with-warm-maple-vinaigrette (may not work)