Migas - Spanish Style

Total Time: 8 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 loaf bread (dense crumb)
• water (for sprinkling)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons paprika, sweet spanish (a must have)
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 links chorizo sausage (for frying, don't use dry chorizo)
• 2 tablespoons ham, diced (spanish jamon is traditional)
• 4 slices bacon
• 8 tablespoons olive oil, virgin (a must have)

Recipe

• 1 dice bread up small.
• 2 place bread in a large bowl and sprinkle with enough water to moisten bread.
• 3 sprinkle with salt and stir.
• 4 sprinkle with paprika and stir.
• 5 cover with damp cloth and leave to sit overnight.
• 6 the next morning heat the olive oil in a deep skillet, over medium heat.
• 7 cut the garlic cloves in half and throw in the oil until lightly brown, then discard.
• 8 add the crumbled chorizo, ham and bacon, cook until almost done.
• 9 add the cubed bread with its seasoning.
• 10 toss the bread so that it thoroughly soaks up the oil and begins to crisp on the outside.
• 11 the bread will turn red from the paprika, this is good.
• 12 you want the bread to be crispy on the outside and soft and tender on the inside. (this is the secret to good migas!).
• 13 for migas de vendimia, add grapes to your migas:) this would be done in wine growing areas at harvest time.