Tomato & Bacon Dressing (Or Dip, Or Sauce!) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 -5 slices bacon
1 medium red onion, minced
1 pint water
4 ounces honey
4 ounces red wine vinegar
3 ounces tomato paste
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon lemon pepper
hot sauce (e.g. Tabasco)

Preparation

Fry the bacon until very crisp.
Reserve and measure the drippings - you will need 2 or 3 ounces of melted fat.
Set the bacon aside and crumble 3 rashers when it is cool.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, saute the onions, stirring often, until they are all quite brown or are turning black.
In the meantime, pour the water, honey and vinegar into a bowl.
Mix thoroughly with a whisk.
Add cornstarch and whisk thoroughly again.
Add tomato paste and whisk thoroughly again.
Add the mustard to the onions and gently but thoroughly mix together.
Now pour the water, vinegar, honey, cornstarch and tomato paste melange into the saucepan with the mustard and onions.
Add the crumbled bacon and optional hot sauce.
Stir constantly over medium-high heat until thickening and boiling.
Refrigerate in a tightly sealed container.