1 lb. soaked salt fish 

18 ackees 

4 rashers bacon 

1 large onion (thinly sliced) 

1 sweet pepper 

4 tbsp. oil or butter

black pepper 

1. Cover salt fish with fresh cold water and bring to the boil. 
2. Remove pods, seeds and centres from ackees; 
tie in a muslin bag and add to the boiling fish and cook for 15 min. Drain. 
3. Flake fish, discarding the skin and bones. 
4. Fry the bacon, remove and keep hot. 
5. Saute onion & pepper rings in the bacon fat, drain & keep hot with the bacon. 
6. In the same pan, heat the oil or butter, add the fish and ackee and heat through. 
7. Turn on to a heated dish and garnish with onions, pepper and bacon. 
8. Serve hot with plenty of black pepper.