Portuguese codfish crumbs

Cut the stale bread into squares as small as possible. In a 250ml glass of water add a small spoon of salt and stir until dissolved. Pour it over the bread until it is very wet.

In a frying pan, while the bread is resting, put a dash of EVOO that covers the base well and when it is hot, put two large cloves of garlic and add the bread. With a lot of patience we will stir all the time.

In another frying pan put the ham strips to brown. Then the bell pepper and the onion. It is important to cook everything separately so that it does not get salty.

Once this is done, add the cod in the same pan and crumble it with a wooden spoon.

Mix the vegetables, cod and ham and add to the bread.

Tip*. If you see that the bread does not crumble, you can pour half a glass of water over it in the pan, especially over the larger pieces. I recommend not to add salt to anything other than the glass of water of the first step. As for the quantities, half a red and half a green bell pepper is enough.