Breakfast and Brunch Recipe ⇾ Fish and Brewis with Scruncheons
A traditional dish from the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador. Definitely not for anyone on a low fat or low sodium diet. Delicious as all get-out! Accompany with boiled lemony peas or your favourite steamed vegetable.
Recipe by:bpvanderburg
Calories:929.6
Prep:15m
Cook:35m
Ready in:8h 50m
Serving:4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 hard bread cakes, such as Purity®, split horizontally
- 1 pound salt cod steaks, skinned and cut into 1/2-inch strips
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ pound fatback, diced
Cooking Directions
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Diced bacon or pancetta can be substituted for the fatback; If you are using fresh fish: Pour the cooked fatback or bacon or pancetta with drippings over the uncooked fish in a 2 quart (2L) baking dish; bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork, about 15 minutes. Any fresh 'white' fish can be used in this manner although cod is preferable. Remove any bones before combining with the prepared hard bread; I like to serve this with 2 cups (500ml) boiled frozen peas, to which I add 1 tablespoon (15ml) lemon juice after cooking and draining.
Nutrition Facts
- calories929.6
- carbohydrateContent30.5 g
- cholesterolContent204.8 mg
- fatContent53.2 g
- fiberContent1 g
- proteinContent76.5 g
- saturatedFatContent18.9 g
- sodiumContent8763.3 mg
- sugarContent0.5 g
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