Name: Fish and Brewis with Scruncheons
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Hard bread cakes, such as Purity®, split horizontally - 2; Salt cod steaks, skinned and cut into 1/2-inch strips - 1 pound; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Fatback, diced - ½ pound

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15 min.

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Ingredients for - Fish and Brewis with Scruncheons

1. Hard bread cakes, such as Purity®, split horizontally - 2

2. Salt cod steaks, skinned and cut into 1/2-inch strips - 1 pound

3. Salt - 1 teaspoon

4. Fatback, diced - ½ pound

How to cook deliciously - Fish and Brewis with Scruncheons

1. Stage

Place hard bread into a pot. Cover bread with several inches of cool water, place a lid on the pot, and soak 8 hours to overnight.

2. Stage

Rinse salt cod under running cool water; place into a pot. Cover fish with several inches of cold water, place a lid on the pot, and soak in the refrigerator 8 hours to overnight.

3. Stage

Add salt to soaked bread and bring just to a simmer over medium-low heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Drain immediately; cover to keep warm.

4. Stage

Drain fish and cover with fresh water; bring to a boil. Cook until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork, about 20 minutes. Drain fish; remove any bones. Stir fish into prepared hard bread.

5. Stage

Cook and stir fatback in a frying pan over medium heat until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Pour fatback and drippings over fish and bread mixture. Stir gently just to combine; serve immediately.