3 italian pork spare Recipes

pork spare rib cuts (normal spare ribs cut across into 2), spicy italian pork sausage - cut into inch long chunks, plain canned tomato sauce or 2 tbsp canned tomato paste, chopped garlic, wine glass dry white vermouth, hot chili flakes or red pepper flakes (or to taste), anchovy fillets - drained, a cup pitted green olives - bashed with the flat side of a cleaver, capers- rinsed and drained, water or light unsalted chicken stock, level tsp sugar or to taste, olive oil

lean country-style pork spare ribs, extra-virgin olive oil, onion, thinly sliced, chopped italian parsley, bay leaves, generous pinch ground cloves, generous pinch ground cinnamon, generous pinch ground allspice, dry red wine, ligurian or nicoise black olives, pitted, fresh basil cut into chiffonade, salt and pepper, extra virgin olive oil, spanish onion, chopped in 1/4-inch dice, garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced, chopped fresh thyme leaves, or 1 tbsp dried, carrot, finely shredded, peeled whole tomatoes , crushed by hand and juices reserved, salt, water, quick cooking polenta or yellow cornmeal, salt, extra virgin olive oil