Bacon -Butter Potatoes Oktoberfest Style - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (12 ounce) bottles med.-bodied ale (3 cups)
4 lbs red potatoes
8 slices thick bacon
1/4 cup real butter
1 small onion, diced
1/2 teaspoon fresh grd pepper
salt

Preparation

Bring Ale to a boil in a 5-6 qt saucepot that will hold a steamer basket. Cut potatoes in bite size pieces and put into steamer basket and cover & steam for 15 minutes on low or until tender. Take off heat and keep warm over ale.
Meanwhile cook bacon in a frypan over med. heat until crisp. Remove and drain off fat, but do not wipe out pan. Saute onions in butter in pan on med. Cook until starting to brown about 10 minutes.
Place cooked potatoes in serving bowl. Put 3/4 of reserved ale into the fry pan, scraping up bits, add bacon to ale and onions, heat through and pour over potatoes adding salt and pepper toss gently. Serve hot or warm.