Classic Italian Pork Dishes
Italian cooking is very difficult to pin down -- almost every city and town has its specialties, and there are regional trends too; the end result is a huge number of local cuisines rather than a single national cuisine. However, there are some dishes that you will find almost everywhere, and that are now standards among the many Italian communities scattered across the globe.
Braciole di Maiale
Calabrian
grilled pork chops with hot pepper and fennel.
Braciole di Maiale alla Bolognese
Pork chops stuffed with prosciutto and cheese, and pan-cooked or grilled.
Bistecchine di Maiale alla Griglia
Grilled pork chops are amazingly succulent. Also a recipe for spare ribs.
Porchetta
Roast pig (here a
small one), an ideal picnic food and also quite good as part of a festive,
though not tremendously elegant, meal. Larger pigs, roasted the same way, are
sliced to stuff sandwiches in fairs.
Salumi
About cold cuts,
prosciutto, salame, sausages and pancetta (among others)
Arista al Latte
A wonderful,
lemony way to prepare pork loin that can also be done ahead.
Pork Stewed in Milk, or Mas-cio al Late
One of the most popular second course dishes in the Vicentino,
and with good reason.
Difficulty: Easy
Spezzatino di Maiale
A
tomatoey, olive-rich pork stew.
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