Mediterranean Salt Cod from I Love My Slow Cooker by Beverly LeBlanc

Ingredients

• 80 g/2¾ oz black olives, pitted and sliced, to serve
• 2 large chargrilled red peppers in oil, drained and sliced, to serve
• chopped parsley leaves, to serve
• freshly ground black pepper
• 400 g/14 oz dried salt cod fillet
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 onion, sliced
• 3 tbsp milk
• 2 bay leaves, torn
• ½ lemon, sliced
• slices of French bread, toasted, to serve
• 2 fennel bulbs, quartered
• ½ tbsp fennel seeds
• 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve