Dandelion salad/ Loewenzahnsalat

about 500 gm dandelion
3 hard-boiled eggs
200 gm bacon bits (optional)
2 tabsp lard (optional)
2 big onions, diced
oil
vinegar
salt to taste

After cleaning and washing the dandelion, cut the leaves into 1-inch pieces. Place in big salad bowl.

Fry the bacon bits in oil till just before they turn brown. Add the diced onions and fry till they turn "glasig" (translucent). Add the lard and heat up the mixture. Remove from heat. Let cool a bit. The add 1 to 2 serving spoonfuls of vinegar to it. This is the salad dressing.

Shell the eggs and dice them. Add them to the cut dandelion. Add the onion, bacon and lard salad dressing which can be warm but NOT hot. Season with salt and toss well.