Migas (Fried Bread with Cheese and Egg Yolks)

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb chancho (pork) fat
• 2 large heads onion, finely chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, ground
• 1 tbsp pimentón (paprika)
• salt
• 5 medium bread rolls, soaked in milk
• 1/2 lb fresh cheese, chopped
• 6 egg yolks, lightly beaten
• olives
• boiled yuca (cassava), in little pieces

Instructions

1. Fry finely chopped onion, ground garlic, pimentón, and salt in half a pound of pork fat until the onion takes color.
2. Add five milk-soaked, wrung-out, broken-up bread rolls, stirring continuously so they do not burn.
3. After the first boil, add half a pound of chopped fresh cheese.
4. A moment before removing from the fire, stir in six lightly beaten egg yolks.
5. Serve garnished with olives and pieces of boiled yuca.