How to make the Pork Rib and Sausage Stew:
Boil the pig's foot and cut in half, lengthwise. Make a soffritto with
oil, butter, and chopped onion. Add the pork rind, sausage and ribs, cut
into pieces, and the pig's foot. When the meat is golden brown, add all
diced carrots, celery, tomatoes. Cook over medium heat. After 30 mins,
add the cabbage, cut into strips. Salt and pepper to taste and cook for
45 min. The cooking juice should be rather thick. If you wish to remove
some of the fat from the cassoeula, do so before adding the
cabbage.
Note:
Cassoeula is a Lombard dish with several versions. Sometimes,
after the meats have been browned, a spoonful of tomato paste is added.
Other cooks prefer to cook the cabbage in a separate pot, steaming it in
the water remaining on the leaves after washing, and then adding it to
the meat. The quality of the meat added to the cassoeula varies.
The simplest version requires only ribs and sausages, while the most
complicated includes the ears and tail. Polenta is the
traditional accompaniment to cassoeula.
Recipe courtesy of The Italian Trade Commission.
Serves 4-6
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