Italia a tavola-Onions and Pork Soup

Zuppa di Cipolle e Maiale

Onions and Pork Soup

Ingredients for four serving

35 oz. of Onions

11 oz. of pork ribs

2oz of bacon

1 sausage

1 celery stalk

1 carrot

1 garlic clove

4 slices of Como or ciabatta bread

Olive oil

Salt

Put the pork ribs in 6.5 cups of salted water, with the carrot, celery and ½ onion and boil until the pork meat will easily come off the bone; at this point take it out of the pot and cut it in strips; save the broth.

While the meat is boiling cut the onions in thin slices and cry! If your eyes are not swollen shot, stir fry the onions in a large pot in 10 TbS of olive oil, with the bacon and the sausage minced.  Stir fry at medium heat until the onion is golden and then slowly add the broth.

Cook for about 1 hour then add the meat and cook for another 30 minutes.

Toast the bread and rub the garlic over it; put each slice in a bowl and ladle the soup over it.